Leander Edmiston

Development/Content Strategy , Formerly at Participant
Formats Interested In
TV
Features
Manuscripts
Shorts
Podcasts
Intellectual Property (IP) for Film/TV Development
Particularly Interested In

Right now, I'm particularly interested in contained low to mid budget feature films with a character driven storyline. Examples of this type of film would be ROOM (2015), MASS (2021), and SHIVA BABY (2021).

Feature Genres
Drama
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Budget Range
All Budget Ranges
TV Formats
One-Hour Pilots
Miniseries
Limited Series
TV Homes
Network
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Thriller
Horror
Book Genres
Action
Adventure
Apocalyptic
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book Series
Comic Books
Coming-of-Age
Crime
Detective
Drama
Dystopian
Essays
Family-Friendly
Fantasy
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Graphic Novels
High-Concept
Historical Fiction
Horror
Latinx/Spanish-Language
LGBTQIA+
Literary Fiction
Magic
Memoirs
Middle-Grade Fiction
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Period Piece
Poetry
Sci-Fi
Short Stories
Socially Relevant
Suspense
Thriller
Young Adult (YA) / Teen
Sub-Genres
Animation (adult)
Animation (family-friendly)
Anthology
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Coming-of-Age
Crime/True Crime
Dark Comedy
Documentary Adaptation
Dystopian
Episodic TV
Family-Friendly
Female-Driven
Futuristic
Ghosts
Graphic Novel Adaptation
High-Concept
Historical
Irreverent
Kids/Children
Latinx
LGBTQIA+
Mystery
Period Piece
Political
Post-Apocalyptic
Psychological
Revenge
Road Trip
Satire
Socially Relevant
Space
Suspense
True Story
Western
Workplace
More about Leander Edmiston

Leander has enjoyed many aspects of the filmmaking process including creative development, marketing strategy, and film sales and acquisitions. He has worked at some of the largest and most recognized companies in Hollywood.

During his time at ICM Leander provided insights on screenplays and pitches and developed a focus on character motivated storytelling driven through action and structure. Leander contributed to the development of such feature projects as THE NORTHMAN for Focus Features, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO for A24, and television shows such as THE EXPATS for Amazon Originals.

Following the pandemic, Leander joined Participant in the Content Strategy department where he worked on socially conscious projects beginning in early development onto the marketing phase and through the sales process. In his time at Participant he helped launch nine global marketing and sales campaigns on episodic, feature, and documentary projects that landed at Netflix, HBO, Amazon, A24 and Neon, among others.

His experiences in development, market strategy, and sales, along with his passion for the creative process lays a foundation of support for writers as they develop their project and fully realize their vision.

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