AMI Profile
Leslie
Kreiner Wilson, Ph.D.
AMI Films Co-Principal
Producer - Writer - Consultant
Dr. Leslie Kreiner Wilson co-founded AMI Films, a producer of many award-winning media projects. The shows from their edit bays have earned such honors as film festival prizes, top Billboard rankings, the Aurora, the Lumiere Award, and the Emmy. They have been theatrically released as well as broadcast on such diverse platforms/networks as PBS, Amazon, Netflix, DIRECTV, and AXS. Her consulting work has ranged from mentoring student MFA projects to working with well known Hollywood directors such as Garry Marshall.
She has served as a judge for Prize Americana, the University Film and Video Association, the Social Impact Media Awards, as well as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences college television and internship competitions.
A tenured Associate Professor, she teaches fiction, screenwriting, and film history at Pepperdine University in Mlalibu where she also directs the MFA Program in Writing for Screen and Television; co-directed the Institute for Entertainment, Media, and Culture; as well as produced a documentary web series on the art of screenwriting. Her research, writing, and publishing focus on women and leadership in early Hollywood.
Dr. Wilson is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Americana at americanpopularculture.com and volunteers with WriteGirl, inspiring underprivileged teens in Los Angeles County to write their way into college. A member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the University Film and Video Association, the Scrrenwriters Research Network, and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, she holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and Film Studies from Claremont Graduate University.
Visit her website here.
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