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Leah Johnston is an award-winning filmmaker from Nova Scotia, Canada. Leah began her acting career at the age of eight, starring in numerous Canadian plays and musicals at Halifax’s Neptune Theatre and the Charlottetown Festival.
- Resume – Leah Johnston
TELEVISION PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE. KEIRA AND THE TIME KEY (In...
- Leah Johnston – Award-winning Nova Scotian Writer, Director ...
Moving fluidly across genres, from art-house drama to...
- Resume – Leah Johnston
Leah Johnston is a filmmaker from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her short film, Ingrid and the Black Hole premiered at Fantasia Film Festival and was showcased at dozens of film festivals, winning eight awards, including Best Canadian Short at Edmonton International Film Festival.
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BRENDA AND BAXTER (7 mins; comedy; digital; 2024) – Writer/Director/Producer Distribution: Canadian Film Centre Currently in post-production. MOTHER’S SKIN (20 mins; drama; Super 16mm; 2022) – Writer/Director/Producer/Editor Distribution: La Distributice de Films Festivals & Awards: Shanghai International Film Festival (Finalist: Golden Goblet Shor...
KEIRA AND THE TIME KEY (In Development, 2 x 22 mins, 2023) – Co-creator, Co-writer, Producer (Pilot, 102) – Pretty Fierce Films/Banger Films. Sharing showrunning role with co-creator Rachael Schaefer (The Next Step). Development support Bell Fund/CMF/Attraction Distribution. ANGEL OF DEATH (In Development, 1 x 60 mins, 2023) – Writer, Producer (Pil...
SHARP CORNER – Principal – Neon International/Elevation Films/Jason buxton EVERYONE’S FAMOUS – Guest Star – CBC Web Series/Walter Forsyth MY YOUNGER OLDER SISTER – Lead – Bad Fem Productions/Leah Johnston HIDDEN WINDOW– Principal – Nickel Media/Greg Jackson HAVEN (3 Episodes)– Recurring, Actor – Syfy/Shawn Piller GOSSIP GIRL –Under 5 – Warner Broth...
WINNER: CORUS FEARLESS FEMALE DIRECTOR AWARD– National Screen Institute2016 WINNER: BRAVOFACT/WIFT $35K PITCH CONTEST 2015 WINNER: LINDA JOY AWARD 2014 NATIONAL SCREEN INSTITUTE DRAMA PRIZE RECIPIENT2013
2023 CANADIAN FILM CENTRE– 5.5 month Feature Film Directing Intensive 2020 CREATING A HIT TV SERIES – One week intensive taught by John Yorke 2020 STORYTELLING FOR TV SCREENWRITERS – Two week intensive taught by John Yorke 2017 ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA AND TELEVISION – DirectingMentorship Program 2016 REYKJAVIK TALENT LAB – Writer/Director Traini...
Leah Johnston is an award-winning writer, director, producer and actress from Nova Scotia, Canada. Her films explore the interplay between our conscious and our unconscious selves, frequently examining their connection through the use of metaphor, allegory, magical realism or genre motifs.
Moving fluidly across genres, from art-house drama to psychological thriller to comedy, Leah brings her strong sense of dramatic structure, her sharp instincts for visual storytelling and her intuitive ability to mine honest performances to every work project she creates.
1,366 Followers, 986 Following, 464 Posts - Leah Johnston (@leahjohnstonfilm) on Instagram: "Filmmaker TO & NS LATEST FILMS @mothers.skin.film @cfccreates Director Lab 23 @thecdnacademy Women Director Lab 17. Agency: Characters".
She is currently at fellow at the Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Directing Lab. · Experience: Pretty Fierce Films Inc. · Location: Halifax · 125 connections on LinkedIn. View Leah...
