Teddy Leifer (Edward Leifer) founded Rise Films in 2008 and has since produced or executive produced all of its films and television programmes including the 2013 Oscar nominee ''

The Invisible War ''The Invisible War'' is a 2012 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, w ...

'' and 2018 Oscar winner ''Icarus''. In 2013 he won an Emmy for his work on ''

The Interrupters ''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chi ...

'', directed by Steve James, and in 2014 won a further two Emmys for his work on ''The Invisible War'', directed by Kirby Dick. His other Producer and Executive Producer credits include '' We Are Together'', '' Rough Aunties'', ''Dreamcatcher'', ''Who is Dayani Cristal?'', and ITV2's multi award-winning Roman sitcom, ''

Plebs In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizenship, Roman citizens who were not Patrician (ancient Rome), patricians, as determined by the capite censi, census, or in other words "commoners". Both ...

,'' written by brothe
Sam Leifer
The show is the channel's highest rated comedy ever. In 2014, he won a Peabody Award and was nominated for a BAFTA. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and BAFTA. Teddy has produced films and television programmes for broadcasters and partners including BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Showtime, PBS, Hulu, Universal, Netflix, Film4 and HBO. Many of his productions have gone on to win at the Sundance Film Festival and other major international awards. He has been listed in the "100 most innovative and influential people in British creative and media industries" by the Guardian newspaper. He is currently working with L.A.-based production company The Ink Factory on ''The American War'', a spy drama depicting the fall of Saigon in 1975, which signalled the end of the Vietnam War.

Tom Morton-Smith Tom Morton-Smith (born 1980) is an English playwright. Biography Morton-Smith studied Drama at the University of East Anglia before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2006 he was selected to be part of Futu ...

will write the screenplay, which is based on ''Decent Interval'', the bestselling and controversial memoir by CIA operative-turned-whistleblower

Frank Snepp Frank Warren Snepp, III (born May 3, 1943) is a journalist and former chief analyst of North Vietnamese strategy for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Saigon during the Vietnam War. For five out of his eight years as a CIA officer, he worke ...

, and his autobiography ''Irreparable Harm''. In addition to this, it has recently been announced that Teddy and Rise will be co-producing a U.S. remake of ''Plebs'' with Seth Rogan's production company Point Grey Pictures.

Filmography

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All That Breathes ''All That Breathes'' is a 2022 internationally co-produced Hindi-language documentary film directed by Shaunak Sen. It is produced by Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer under the banner of Rise Films. The film's intricately layered port ...

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The Art of Political Murder ''The Art of Political Murder'' is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Paul Taylor, based on the book of the same name by Francisco Goldman. It follows the murder of Juan José Gerardi Conedera, a human rights activist who was murdered a ...

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'' (TV Series) (2018) (producer) *''

Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspe ...

'' (2017) (executive producer) *''The Love Commandos'' (2016) (TV) (executive producer) *''Chancers'' (2016) (executive producer) *'' Dreamcatcher'' (2015) (producer) *''Who is Dayani Cristal?'' (2013) (executive producer) *''

'' (2012) (executive producer) *''Too Fast to be a Woman?: The Story of Caster Semenya'' (2011) (TV) (executive producer) *''

'' (2011) (executive producer) *''

Knuckle The knuckles are the joints of the fingers. The word is cognate to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as the Dutch "knokkel" (knuckle) or German "Knöchel" (ankle), i.e., ''Knöchlein'', the diminutive of the German word for bone (' ...

'' (2011) (producer) *''The Honeymoon Suite'' (2010) (short) (producer) *''Road To Las Vegas'' (2010) (TV) (producer) *''Cowboys in India'' (2009) (producer) *''Brave Young Men'' (2009) (TV) (producer) *''Muslim School'' (2009) (TV) (executive producer) *'' Rough Aunties'' (2008) (producer) *''Project Kashmir'' (2008) (associate producer) *'' We Are Together'' (Thina Simunye) (2006) (producer) *''The 10th Man'' (2006) (short) (producer) *''The Unsteady Chough'' (2004) (producer)

External links

Official website

Rise Foundation
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References

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