Leah Gottfried - BIO

Leah Gottfried

 

Quarterfinalist, 2025 JumpStart Writing Competition 

BIO 

LEAH GOTTFRIED is an award-winning writer/director and actor who draws on her life in the Orthodox Jewish community to tell authentic stories about her world. Her short film THE SETUP won Best Short at the Washington Jewish Film Festival, where critics called it “clever, whimsical and sneakily poignant”. Leah is best known for her web series SOON BY YOU (“a Kosher version of Friends”), which she writes, directs, and stars in, and which has garnered fans all over the world.  In 2020, she was selected for a yearlong screenwriting fellowship run by Crystal City Entertainment. Leah loves writing female-centered comedy and drama.

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