Lesley chilcott biography
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Lesley Chilcott Biography
Chilcott founded Electric Kinney Films, a feature documentary production business, with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim after working as a producer on the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth. Chilcott started her career at MTV Networks, where she helped create the inaugural "MTV Movie Awards." Tenth Planet Productions, which she founded after leaving MTV, produces music specials and multi-camera productions. Chilcott went on to work as an independent producer after Tenth Planet, making music videos and commercials. Chilcott has created It Might Get Loud, A Mother's Promise, the animated short It Was A Dark and Silly Night, and Waiting for Superman for the Democratic National Convention. She also co-founded Unscrew America, a non-profit dedicated to environmental and sustainability issues.
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An award-winning filmmaker, Lesley Chilcott refuses to be boxed in, continuously exploring a variety of topics that engage audiences by tackling myths and illuminating the truth.
Social and environmental justice are major passions for the storyteller who has explored these themes in projects such as AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, documenting former vice president Al Gore’s efforts to fight climate change. The film, which Chilcott produced, won two Oscars® including Best Documentary and Best Original Song and helped spark a worldwide conversation about the state of our planet. Chilcott directed and produced WATSON, an action-adventure documentary centering on Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson, a man willing to put his own life at risk in a relentless quest to protect the oceans and the marine life within. Shot in the US, Costa Rica, and Kingdom of Tonga the film interweaves Paul’s harrowing adventures with beautiful underwater cinematography. After premiering at Tribeca, • Award-winning filmmaker Lesley Chilcott refuses to be boxed in, continuously exploring a variety of topics that engage audiences by tackling myths and illuminating the truth.
Best known for her work on films tackling social and environmental issues such as WATSON, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, CODEGIRL and WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, she's recently been taking fresh, unfiltered looks at a variety of new subjects that have fascinated our culture for decades including directing and producing HELTER SKELTER: AN AMERICAN MYTH and producing AMITYVILLE: AN ORIGIN STORY, both of which are currently streaming on MGM+. Her latest project, ARNOLD, is a 3-part docuseries examining the life and work of Arnold Schwarzenegger that debuts on Netflix in June 2023.
She's currently directing WOLVES, which examines the plight of wolves in the west and examines their status as one of the most misunderstood animals on the planet and exec producing HOT STUFF, a look at the enduring influence of Disco. She