Leah Galant is a director based in New York whose storytelling focuses on unexpected narratives that challenge perceptions. In 2022, she was recognized as one of DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40. Her directorial debut, ON THE DIVIDE, premiered at Tribeca in 2021 and was broadcast on POV in 2022. She was a Sundance Ignite and Jacob Burns Fellow, where she created DEATH METAL GRANDMA (SXSW 2018), about a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, Inge Ginsberg, who sings death metal. The film won Best Documentary at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival and is a New York Times Op-Doc. She is currently a member-owner at Meerkat Media, a cooperative production company. LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY is her second feature-length film.