Lecturer
Business and Public Policy | Management of Organizations
Expertise and Research Interests
- Entertainment
- Media
- Communications
- Media Business
- Independent Film
- Content Distribution
- Technologies and data collection for audience and customer development, recommendation and retention
- Media Education
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Filmmaking in Action: Your Guide to the Skills and Craft by Adam Leipzig, Barry Weiss, Michael Goldman. Bedford/St. Martin’s (Macmillan) in July, 2015.
- Inside Track for Independent Filmmakers: Get Your Movie Made, Get Your Movie Seen by Adam Leipzig Second edition, published January, 2015 by Bedford/St. Martin’s (Macmillan).
At Haas since 2013 2018- present, CEO, MediaU 2013 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business 2013 – 2015, Faculty, Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts 2011 – present, CEO, Entertainment Media Partners 2011 – present, Publisher and Managing Editor, CulturalWeekly.com 2003 – 2010, President, National Geographic Films 1998 – 2003, President/Producer, Terra Bella Entertainment 1993 – 1997, Producer, Interscope Communications (division of PolyGram) 1987 – 1993, Senior Vice President, Motion Picture Production, Walt Disney Pictures/Touchstone Pictures 1979 – 1986, Dramaturg / Producer, Los Angeles Theatre Center
link to complete filmography: http://www.adamleipzig.com/adam-leipzig-filmography/
Adam Leipzig’s films have achieved:
- Academy Awards: 2 wins, 8 nominations
- Film Independent Spirit Awards: 3 nominations
- Sundance Film Festival Awards: 2 wins, 2 nominations
- International Documentary Awards: 1 win, 1 nomination
- Cannes Directors Fortnight FIPRESCI Prize: 1 win
- BAFTA Awards: 5 wins, 6 nominations
- DGA Awards: 1 win, 1 nomination
- Golden Globe Awards: 1 win, 1 nomination
- Emmy Awards: 1 win, 1 nomination
- Audience-Focused Communication
- Mastering Communication
- The Art and Science of Storytelling and Communication