Leslie Iwerks

CEO and Creative Director of Iwerks & Co.

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Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Leslie Iwerks Biography

Leslie Iwerks is an Academy Award® and Emmy® nominated director and producer who currently serves as the CEO and Creative Director of Iwerks & Co., a Santa Monica based multimedia production company.

Iwerks creates critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries, features and series that celebrate the genius, risks and rewards of creative visionaries; showcase heartfelt human tales, from the depths of the Guatemalan garbage dumps to the toxic tar sands of Alberta, Canada; and that document the human story of innovation and enterprise globally. An adventure and travel enthusiast, Iwerks has filmed on all seven continents around the world.

Her body of work encompasses feature films, such as "The Pixar Story," "Citizen Hearst," "Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible," "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story and League of Legends Origins," acclaimed environmental documentaries, including "Recycled Life," "Pipe Dreams" and "Downstream," and most recently, the in-depth docuseries, "The Imagineering Story," which debuted on Disney+ in 2019.

Iwerks’ desire to innovate and push boundaries with her filmmaking has been cultivated and inspired by her family upbringing, as her grandfather, Ub Iwerks, was the original designer and co-creator of Mickey Mouse and a multi Academy Award®-winning visual effects pioneer; her father, Don Iwerks, is also an Academy Award® winner for Technical Lifetime Achievement, and the founder of the large format film company, Iwerks Entertainment, which has built Iwerks large format theaters and projections systems in over 200 theaters around the world.

Iwerks is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and serves on the USC School of Cinematic Arts Alumni Council. She is an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Documentary Branch, the Producers Guild of America, the Television Academy, the International Documentary Association, and serves on the board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Scientific and Technical Council and was Chair of the 2020 SciTech Public Presentations Subcommittee.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/16/2024.

Leslie Iwerks Videos

  • Leslie Iwerks - Glitter Magazine
    Glitter Magazine founder Nikki Fowler chatted on location at the Cannes Film Festival with writer and director Leslie Iwerks (granddaughter to Ub...
  • Leslie Iwerks - Disney Programs
    Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks recently visited Flamingo Crossings Village for a session with Disney Programs participants.
  • Untold with Leslie Iwerks | Disney
    Sit down with Leslie Iwerks of The Imagineering Story and learn about what inspired her to create this magical documentary series. Watch The...

Leslie Iwerks Books

  • The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering
    The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering

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Leslie Iwerks is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Leslie Iwerks for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Leslie Iwerks generally travels from Santa Monica, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Spike Lee, Josh Cooley, Kabir Sehgal, Kirsty Spraggon and Michal Makarewicz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Leslie Iwerks for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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