Leah Mahan Pro

Leah Mahan is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work has been nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. SWEET OLD SONG aired on the PBS series P.O.V. and was selected by Roger Ebert for his Overlooked Film Festival. She served as U.S. Film Envoy for the American Film Showcase, traveling to Indonesia with COME HELL OR HIGH WATER: THE BATTLE FOR TURKEY CREEK, which aired on the PBS World series America ReFramed. Leah has been a Fellow at the Sundance Documentary Editing and Story Lab, Sundance/Skoll Stories of Change initiative and Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University. Leah got her start in documentary filmmaking as an intern for filmmaker Henry Hampton on the PBS series EYES ON THE PRIZE and her first film was HOLDING GROUND: THE REBIRTH OF DUDLEY STREET. Leah’s work has been supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, Independent Television Service, Ford Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.