Mitchell Leib

Newly minted film Producer and entrepreneur, Mitchell Leib is a veteran of Disney Studios for over 30 years and most recently for 25 years including as President of Music & Soundtracks for The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production. Leib has overseen music creative, production, and administration for all of Disney Studios' live action films since 2003, while optimizing ancillary development of Disney's soundtrack interests and furthering the monetizing of the created film music assets. Most recently, and in addition to managing the overall live action film slate, Leib oversaw music production and soundtrack releases for the live action film adaptation of Disney's live action The Lion King, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, the 3 most successful live actions film musical in movie history. Leib also put together the deal for and oversaw the creation and marketing of Kendrick Lamars hit Black Panther inspired by record project. Prior to his position as President of Music & Soundtracks, Leib served as Senior Vice President of Soundtracks at Disney's Buena Vista Music Group and Hollywood Records where highlights included Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, MTV's Save The Last Dance, Paramount's Mission impossible:2, which boasts the only original song and recording Metallica has ever done for a film and Zoolander. Preceding his career at Disney, Mitchell Leib worked as Senior Vice President of Music at uber Producer Arnon Milchan's Regency Enterprises/Warner Brothers, where he was the head of film music, music publishing, and their Elektra Records distributed label imprint. Before joining regency, Leib held the position of Senior Vice President of A&R and Soundtracks, working with Clive Davis at Arista Records. Prior to that, Leib was head of A&R West Coast for the EMI Records Group. Before his involvement with EMI Records, which was as a result of the 10 times platinum Pretty Woman soundtrack Leib had a hand in producing for Disney's Touchtone Films, Leib spent 5 years at Disney as Sr. Director Theatrical Music in the newly formed studio's music department. In addition to the daily management of music production and administration, Leib oversaw production of the multi-platinum soundtracks to Pretty Woman, Cocktail, Beaches, and Good Morning Vietnam, to name a few. Over his 35+ years in the industry, Leib has been an artist manager, music publisher, label executive, and film music executive. Mitchell Leib has been involved in over 400 feature films, produced soundtracks achieving record sales of 90 million records, and has paired music with film visual imagery to some of the most iconic movies of all time. A third generation native Los Angelean, Leib is married to his wife Stacy of 32 years, and has two children, Rachel and Jordan.