Leigh Badgley

A Vancouver-based producer whose films cover the globe, Leigh Badgley has a special flair for cultural and inspiring documentaries. Her work includes Greenpeace: Making a Stand (Director/Producer), which premiered at the World Peace Forum in 2006 and aired on Global Television's Global Currents. Greenpeace: Making a Stand won a Leo Award for Best Documentary in 2007 and the Special Jury Award at the Explorers Club Film Festival in New York in 2008. Her Gemini-nominated performing arts piece for CBC and A&E, True Prince: Vladimir Malakhov won a slew of prestigious awards including Best Arts Documentary at the Hot Docs Festival, and has since sold around the world. She also co-produced the lively How the Fiddle Flows, a one-hour special on Métis music and dance with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Leigh also has extensive television production experience, including Shimmy, a 26-episode series on belly dance for Access, CLT & Discovery Health, and a one-hour controversial documentary called The Dolphin Dealer, broadcast on CBC in 2008. She was also involved in the hit television series Ice Pilots NWT, which was nominated for a Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival. Leigh is a part-time faculty member in the David Lynch MA in Film Studies Program, and is a frequent public speaker about environmental causes. She is on the 'crew' of advisers for David Lynch Foundation Television, and is a member of the steering committee of Global Reef, an organization dedicated to producing media about ocean conservation. Fluent in English,French, Spanish and Italian, Leigh loves being a filmmaker and her passion for music and art bring a sense of wonder and magic to her work.