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Leif Tilden

  • Location Management
  • Director
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Leif Tilden
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Leif Tilden was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived with his mother Anne Kilborn in Berkeley, California before being raised by his father after his mother's untimely death. Leif moved to New York City at 18 to attend NYU's Tisch School of the arts to study Dance, Film and Experimental Theatre. After NYU was co-founder of the Fragile Anchor Theatre Company in the Lower East side and was also a member of the Manhattan Class Company. Leif has worked with Theater Directors Joseph Chaikin, Robert Wilson, Jerzy Grotowski, Anne Bogart and Kevin Kuhlke. After NYU, Leif then landed the role of Donatello in the first two Teenage Mutant Turtle Movies and worked on several projects after that with the Jim Henson Company. He later studied with the late Cinematographer Sven Nykvist in Sweden. wrote and directed his first short film, entitled 'biglove' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His official directorial debut, '1 Mile to You' (AKA 'Life at The Speeds') premiered in 2016. Leif was the Location Manager on 'Colin in Black and White' for Netflix created by Ava Duvernay and is presently the Location Manager on 'Staircase' for HBO.
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    Known for

    Corey Feldman, David Forman, Josh Pais, Robbie Rist, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, and Brian Tochi in Les Tortues Ninja (1990)
    Les Tortues Ninja
    6.8
    • Donatello
    • Foot Messenger
    • 1990
    Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan in L'oeil du mal (2008)
    L'oeil du mal
    6.6
    • Location Management
    • 2008
    Mary McCormack and Sam Rockwell in BigLove (2001)
    BigLove
    6.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2001
    David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)
    Selma
    7.5
    • Location Management(Alabama)
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Location Management



    • Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx in Back in Action (2025)
      Back in Action
      5.9
      • location manager: Atlanta unit
      • 2025
    • Colin Firth and Toni Collette in The Staircase (2022)
      The Staircase
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • location manager
      • 2022
    • Jaden Michael and Colin Kaepernick in Colin en noir et blanc (2021)
      Colin en noir et blanc
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • location manager
      • 2021
    • Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller in Cherish the Day (2020)
      Cherish the Day
      6.4
      TV Series
      • location manager
      • 2020
    • Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable (2019)
      Unbelievable
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • location scout
      • 2019
    • I'm Sorry. (2017)
      I'm Sorry.
      8.0
      TV Series
      • location manager
      • 2019
    • New Warriors (2017)
      New Warriors
      6.6
      TV Series
      • location manager
      • 2017
    • Jeff Garlin in Handsome: Une comédie policière Netflix (2017)
      Handsome: Une comédie policière Netflix
      5.2
      • location manager
      • 2017
    • Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld in En cavale (2016)
      En cavale
      5.6
      • locations scout
      • 2016
    • Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Jonny Weston, and Virginia Gardner in Projet Almanac (2015)
      Projet Almanac
      6.4
      • location scout: additional photography
      • 2015
    • David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)
      Selma
      7.5
      • location manager: Alabama
      • 2014
    • Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, and Suraj Sharma in Un lancer à un million de dollars (2014)
      Un lancer à un million de dollars
      7.0
      • locations scout
      • 2014
    • Farmed and Dangerous (2013)
      Farmed and Dangerous
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • location manager
      • 2014
    • Cinnamon Girl
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • locations scout
      • 2013
    • Scott Foley, Becki Newton, and T.J. Miller in The Goodwin Games (2013)
      The Goodwin Games
      6.6
      TV Series
      • location manager
      • 2013

    Director



    • Peter Coyote, Billy Crudup, Stefanie Scott, and Graham Rogers in 1 Mile to You (2017)
      1 Mile to You
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Reunion (2001)
      Reunion
      5.8
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2001
    • Mary McCormack and Sam Rockwell in BigLove (2001)
      BigLove
      6.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2001

    Actor



    • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021)
      Les Goldberg
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Freddy Hands #1
      • 2018
    • D.C. Smalls (2001)
      D.C. Smalls
      5.9
      Short
      • Cowboy
      • 2001
    • Bridget Fonda, Brendan Fraser, Rose McGowan, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Frat Fuller, Frit Fuller, Joseph S. Griffo, Chris Kattan, Jody St. Michael, and Brian Steele in Monkeybone (2001)
      Monkeybone
      4.8
      • Cyclops
      • 2001
    • Rene Russo, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Peter Elliott, Hector C. Gika, Gary A. Hecker, Peter Hurst, Mark Sealey, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Robert Tygner, Frank Welker, and Mak Wilson in Mon copain Buddy (1997)
      Mon copain Buddy
      4.8
      • Buddy
      • 1997
    • Invader (1996)
      Invader
      4.8
      • The Invader
      • 1996
    • Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Bill Barretta, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, and Steve Whitmire in Les muppets (1996)
      Les muppets
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Additional Muppets
      • 1996
    • Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura en Afrique (1995)
      Ace Ventura en Afrique
      6.4
      • Gorilla Performer
      • 1995
    • Wil Horneff in Drôle de singe (1995)
      Drôle de singe
      5.2
      • Katie the gorilla (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Bill Barretta, Stuart Pankin, Allan Trautman, and Jessica Walter in Dinosaures (1991)
      Dinosaures
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Robbie Sinclair
      • Mr. Myman
      • Muse ...
      • 1991–1994
    • The Rory Story
      Video
      • Stinky Sox
      • 1992
    • Kenn Scott, Adam Carl, Mark Caso, Laurie Faso, Robbie Rist, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, and Brian Tochi in Les Tortues Ninja II : Les héros sont de retour (1991)
      Les Tortues Ninja II : Les héros sont de retour
      6.0
      • Donatello
      • Foot #3
      • 1991
    • Corey Feldman, David Forman, Josh Pais, Robbie Rist, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, and Brian Tochi in Les Tortues Ninja (1990)
      Les Tortues Ninja
      6.8
      • Donatello
      • Foot Messenger
      • 1990

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      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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