Leila Monks
agent: Natalie Spanier - natalie@sternwild.com
Leila Monks is a hands-on Executive Producer and Creative Dealmaker specialising in high profile, high-impact non-scripted storytelling. Her work can be seen on Disney+, BBC, ITV and Youtube. She was also an early producer of Snapchat content. She has a proven track record in originating ideas, securing commissions, distribution and producing critically acclaimed content that drives change. She is uniquely positioned across the creative and commercial sectors and skilled at complex multi-stakeholder delivery.
Leila has secured funding for and worked across a variety of formats including feature documentaries, (Jackson Wild winning and EMMY, BAFTA, RTS nominated “Silverback” for BBC and France Television), broadcast films ( “Olly Alexander: Growing up Gay” for BBC), digital series, made for mobile shorts (“I Want to Get Better with Jameela Jamil” for SNAP ORIGINALS, nominated for “Best Social Series” at Edinburgh TV) and social impact films. Due to the powerful messaging of her work, content she has created has been screened at festivals, events, landmarks (including Piccadilly Lights, The Eden Project) and UK Parliament.
Leila is currently Consultant Executive Producer for The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, with recent credits including “Prince William: We Can End Homelessness" (ITV/Disney+) and “GUARDIANS” (BBC Earth/YouTube, 15 million views across social media).
She was previously Head of Originals + at Academy and BAFTA Award winning production company Off the Fence, where she steered their push into the premium factual space, collaborating with partners including James Cameron, YouTube, The Vatican and ZDF.
Prior to that, she founded her own production company Antidote, which produced twenty-two hours of content in four years including multi-award winning “Professor Green: Suicide and Me.” (BBC) and “Generation YouTube” (Nat Geo Global, now streaming on Apple+).
Leila is passionate about social issues, the climate, elevating under-represented voices and inspiring the next generation of creative talent both in front of and behind the camera.