Leah Cameron

A Toronto-based writer, director and show creator, Leah Cameron loves making heartfelt comedies that elevate and protect eccentric people.

Season One of THE COMMUNIST’S DAUGHTER which Leah created, showran and directed is loosely based on the acute Marxist phase her father went through at the height of the Reagan 80s and how very awkward that was. It is currently streaming on CBC Gem. The show was nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards and is the recipient of the Web Series World Cup meaning it was the most awarded series in the world digital circuit in 2021. This is the first time a female creator and a Canadian team have clinched the title.

An actor’s director, Leah has studied improv at the Second City Conservatory, Hollywood, Meisner and other acting techniques. She is a graduate of The American Film Institute’s MFA Conservatory program in Los Angeles where she received the Joseph Stefano Award of Excellence in Screenwriting and is also a graduate of Women In the Director’s Chair Story & Leadership Program 2018 through which she first developed the scripts for the Communist’s Daughter.

Leah’s other credits include serving as a story editor on Seasons 2 and 3 of CBC drama CORONER and as a writer on Season 3 as well as story editor on Seasons 1 through 3 of host-driven series WHERE COOL CAME FROM (Stornoway Productions.) She is currently developing her first feature, a bleak comedy called TORONTO IS BRUTAL, with the support of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Leah has worked as a writing assistant/researcher to show creators Anna Margarita Albelo and Wil Zmak. She has covered scripts and answered phones at River Road Productions (TREE OF LIFE, 12 YEARS A SLAVE) and Gore Verbinski's Blind Wink Productions on the Universal lot (RANGO, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.)

If Leah were forced to pick a favorite writing genre it would be dramatic comedy. (She is still in love with SIX FEET UNDER 15 years after the fact.)

Leah is fluent in French and Spanish, which is useful when ordering snacks in foreign countries.