Adam Leipzig is the CEO of Entertainment Media Partners, an American film and theatre producer and executive, as well as an author. As a former Disney executive, he supervised such films as Dead Poets Society (1989) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). He went on to produce such films as Titus (1999), The Way Back (2010) and ''A Plastic Ocean'' (2016). While president of National Geographic Films, he acquired the international rights to March of the Penguins and created the US version, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. He is the author of two books on film making.
Leipzig is credited with pioneering the art of turning nature documentaries into "box office gold" by upgrading the production values and voice over narrative.
Leipzig currently is CEO of MediaU, an online learning center in the domain of filmmaking and television. Leipzig is also Founder of ''Cultural Daily'' (former ''Cultural Weekly''), a daily digital publication and media project for participatory civic journalism. He lectures in the MBA and Executive Education programs at the University of California BerkeleyHaas School of Business.
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Adam Leipzig is the CEO of Entertainment Media Partners, an American film and theatre producer and executive, as well as an author. As a former Disney executive, he supervised such films as Dead Poets Society (1989) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). He went on to produce such films as Titus (1999), The Way Back (2010) and ''A Plastic Ocean'' (2016). While president of National Geographic Films, he acquired the international rights to March of the Penguins and created the US version, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. He is the author of two books on film making.
Leipzig is credited with pioneering the art of turning nature documentaries into "box office gold" by upgrading the production values and voice over narrative.
Leipzig currently is CEO of MediaU, an online learning center in the domain of filmmaking and television. Leipzig is also Founder of ''Cultural Daily'' (former ''Cultural Weekly''), a daily digital publication and media project for participatory civic journalism. He lectures in the MBA and Executive Education programs at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business.
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