Leanna Crouch

Crouch brings a wealth of experience to the company. Avidly interested in social issues, she graduated from Western University with a degree in Political Science and did graduate studies in Communications and Broadcasting at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California (Dean's List). She started at NBC in Burbank as an intern and went on to write gags for Alex Trebek on several American game shows. Upon her return to Canada, she worked on a variety of programs, at City TV, CTV and TVO. It was at TVO when she became the producer of Imprint, a highly-regarded and innovative program about books, language and ideas hosted by Daniel Richler. Her tenure lasted 5 seasons. Crouch authored One on One, an edited anthology of Imprint interviews with Margaret Atwood, Germaine Greer, Leonard Cohen, Douglas Coupland and many others.

Crouch has also been a catalyst and primary organizer for charitable benefits for PEN and the Writers Development Trust and was on the Board of Directors for the Documentary Organization of Canada – Toronto chapter.

In 1999, along with Jesse Fawcett and Arnie Gelbart (Galafilm), Crouch became one of the founding partners of Telefactory, producing hundreds of hours of both factual and dramatic series. She was the creator, producer and executive producer of many of the programs they produced. She is the recipient of multiple awards in both the United States and Canada including the Chicago, Houston and New York film and television festivals and numerous CSA nominations.