Teddy Leifer is a British film and television producer. He founded Rise Films in 2006, a London-based production company, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2023. He has produced a number of films and television programmes, including ''

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, the

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-winning documentary

All That Breathes ''All That Breathes'' is a 2022 documentary film directed by Shaunak Sen. It is produced by Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer under the banner of Rise Films. The film follows siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who rescue and trea ...

, The Interrupters,

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We Are Together ''We Are Together'' (Thina Simunye) is a British documentary film about the orphanage "Agape" in South Africa. Children, who live here, lost their parents to AIDS. The film is full of songs, both native and English. Eventually the children get a ...

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,'' ''

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'', '' George Carlin's American Dream'' and ''

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''. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA and the Producers Guild of America.

Career

Leifer’s career began in 2006 with ''We Are Together'', a documentary about the orphanage, Agape, in South Africa, which won the Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at

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. He then produced ''Rough Aunties'', his first collaboration with director

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, which won the Grand Jury Prize in the 'World Cinema — Documentary' category at the

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. In 2013, as part of a publicly-voted list produced by the Hospital Club,

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Culture Professionals Network listed Leifer in the "100 most innovative and influential people in British creative and media industries". At the 84th awards ceremony,

won a

for "its graceful portrait of empathy and interconnectivity between nature and man." He later produced Longinotto’s ''Dreamcatcher'' in 2015, which went on to win

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’s World Cinema Directing Award. Leifer was the executive producer of Academy Award-winning documentary ''

'' in 2017, and ''

'' in 2020, which won an

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. He also produced Dror Moreh’s ''The Human Factor'', about the United States’ 30-year effort to bring peace to the Middle East. In 2022, he produced ''

'', directed by

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- the first film to have won both the Grand Jury Prize at the

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and Best Documentary at the

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. The film subsequently received

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and

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nominations for Best Documentary Other productions include '' George Carlin’s American Dream'', a two-part documentary directed by

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and Michael Bonfiglio which won the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary and ''Once Upon A Time In Londongrad'', a political thriller about 14 mysterious UK deaths with alleged Russian links. Leifer also produced Roman sitcom ''

'', which was the most-watched show in

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’s history. The series ended after five seasons with a feature-length special released in 2022.

Filmography

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'' (2022) (producer) *'' George Carlin's American Dream'' (2022) (executive producer) *''Once Upon a Time In Londongrad'' (2022) (executive producer) *''

'' (2020) (producer) *''

'' (2020) (executive producer) *''

'' (TV Series) (2018) (producer) *''

'' (2017) (executive producer) *''The Love Commandos'' (2016) (TV) (executive producer) *''Chancers'' (2016) (executive producer) *''

'' (2015) (producer) *''Who is Dayani Cristal?'' (2013) (executive producer) *''

'' (2012) (executive producer) *''Too Fast to be a Woman?: The Story of Caster Semenya'' (2011) (TV) (executive producer) *'' The Interrupters'' (2011) (executive producer) *''

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'' (2011) (producer) *''The Honeymoon Suite'' (2010) (short) (producer) *''Road To Las Vegas'' (2010) (TV) (producer) *''Cowboys in India'' (2009) (producer) *''Brave Young Men'' (2009) (TV) (producer) *''Muslim School'' (2009) (TV) (executive producer) *''

'' (2008) (producer) *''Project Kashmir'' (2008) (associate producer) *''

'' (Thina Simunye) (2006) (producer) *''The 10th Man'' (2006) (short) (producer) *''The Unsteady Chough'' (2004) (producer)

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References

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