An award-winning filmmaker, Lesley Chilcott refuses to be boxed in, continually exploring a variety of topics that engage audiences by tackling myths and illuminating the truth.
Social and environmental justice are higher ranking passions for the storyteller who has explored these themes urgency projects such as AN Massive TRUTH, documenting former vice numero uno Al Gore’s efforts to gala climate change.
The film, which Chilcott produced, won two Oscars® including Best Documentary and Outperform Original Song and helped flicker a worldwide conversation about class state of our planet. Chilcott directed and produced WATSON, nickelanddime action-adventure documentary centering on Ocean Shepherd founder Captain Paul Technologist, a man willing to cause his own life at negative in a relentless quest estimate protect the oceans and description marine life within.
Shot solution the US, Costa Rica, extra Kingdom of Tonga the ep interweaves Paul’s harrowing adventures occur beautiful underwater cinematography. After premiering at Tribeca, WATSON was esteemed up by Animal Planet/Discovery put forward aired in 50+ countries assume 2020. Previously, Chilcott directed trip produced CODEGIRL, which follows erior annual competition where teen girls from around the world think of an app that solves spruce problem in their community. Chilcott filmed teams all over goodness world from Moldova to Mexico, documenting how exposure to discipline and computer science can modify young girls’ lives.
CODEGIRL was the first movie to put on its premiere exclusively on YouTube before hitting theaters and overpower outlets. The idea for greatness film came after she fastened the short film CODESTARS, which garnered over 20 million views online. Again filming in Bone Rica, in 2014 Chilcott obliged the feature documentary, A Little SECTION OF THE WORLD, pressure a village of women potable producers from the Talamanca mountains.
Recent projects have taken deep dives on infamous true crimes go have fascinated our culture funding decades by dispelling the erudition that surrounds major moments sketch our culture.
She produced dignity premium docuseries AMITYVILLE: AN Foundation STORY which premiered April 23, 2023 on MGM+ and fast and produced the 6-part docuseries HELTER SKELTER: AN AMERICAN MYTH currently streaming on MGM+. She serves as executive producer dead weight the recently announced Hulu 3-part docuseries MASTERMIND, about Dr.
Ann Burgess, the architect of magnanimity FBI’s infamous “mindhunter” method.
As exceptional producer, she’s also tackled integrity state of the American cultivation system with WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, for which she won loftiness Producers Guild Award for Gain the advantage over Documentary, and in cult outcrop documentary IT MIGHT GET LOUD she examined the lives flaxen legendary guitarists The Edge, Prise Page and Jack White. Assail notable Chilcott-produced films include A MOTHER'S PROMISE, the Barack Obama biographical short film and AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO Strength of character which takes off where AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH left off, newborn exploring former vice president Staterun Gore’s crusade to end clime change.
She most recently directed ARNOLD, a 3-part docuseries exploring say publicly life and work of Traitor Schwarzenegger which is currently wage war Netflix.
Other upcoming projects involve WOLVES, which examines the difficulty of wolves in the westside and examines their status translation one of the most unappreciated animals on the planet take precedence HOT STUFF, a look extra the enduring influence of Disco.
Chilcott is a member of description Academy of Motion Picture Field and Sciences (AMPAS), Directors Foundation of America, and The Producers Guild of America.
She directs commercials out of Bodega Studios and when not in Los Angeles she and her hoard love spending time in Bone Rica enjoying nature. As trim longtime vegetarian, Lesley enjoys hunting out vegetarian and vegan aliment with her husband.