Independent vision, collaborative approach.
Photo by Steph Girard
Award-winning director Leah Patterson grew up in Campbelltown, a working-class suburb of Sydney, Australia.
She was the first in her family to attend university, attain a passport, and travel.
Leah directs voice over for film and television. She also works in theatre and film.
She is a Ryan Murphy Half Initiative Fellow. She was one of eight global filmmakers selected for the Australian Screen Forum’s Women in Screen Workshop, and was named a Top 10 Women In Film To Watch by Diversity in Cannes.
She is a graduate of the University of New South Wales, BA (Theatre/Film & Philosophy) and William Esper Studio, an acting conservatory in New York City.
CONTACT: pattersonleah3@gmail.com
Stories that focus on real-life and intimate relationships, striving to belong, and finding one’s place in the world populate Leah Patterson’s work.
“The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.”
Daniel Day Lewis
