Leland Price

Leland Price is an award-winning producer, writer, and director whose extensive career includes work on over two hundred film, television, and video projects, with experience ranging from low-budget features, television episodes, children's after-school specials, commercials, documentaries, and wide-screen exhibition films. Mr. Price hails from a small town in North Carolina, but spent his formative years in Morocco and Turkey, where his parents taught in international schools. His education includes a B.A. in Communications from the University of Wisconsin and an M.F.A. in Directing from the American Film Institute. He is a member of the PEN USA organization as well as a member of the Producers Guild of America. Price's screenplays include: "Leave of Absence," "Tag," "The Green Moon," "Andrew Goudelock," "Stealing Sophie," and the thriller "Fugitive Wind." His body of work also includes short documentaries on the composers Ennio Morricone, Alan Menken, and Hans Zimmer, as well as projects on murdered Irish journalist Veronica Guerin; pop star Jessica Simpson; and the choreographed stunt work of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Additionally, Mr. Price has directed three low-budget feature films for Mystique Films, ”The Big Hustle” (gangster/parody), “Love for Sale” (romantic comedy), and “Dangerous Invitation” (thriller), and directed four episodes of the late-night HBO television series “Passion Cove.” Price has also produced over thirty DVD titles for both Disney and Fox Studios. These DVDs include: “Mission to Mars,” “ Shanghai Noon,” “Coyote Ugly,” “102 Dalmatians,” “Lady and the Tramp 2,” “Remember the Titans,” “The Princess Diaries,” “Kiss of the Dragon,” “Reign of Fire,” “Count of Monte Cristo,” “Snow Dogs,” “Black Knight,” “Behind Enemy Lines,” “Twenty-Fifth Hour,” “Music Man,” “ Veronica Guerin,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Haunted Mansion,” “Pocahontas,” “Father of the Bride,” “The Nick and Jessica Show,” “Aladdin” (Platinum Edition), and “The Lion King” (Platinum Edition). Mr. Price resides in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer, director, and producer.