Adam Leipzig’s work focuses on quality and profitable international media; establishing supportive opportunities for content creators; and sharing skills and knowledge to expand access and careers for upcoming generations.Adam is CEO of MediaU, the first entertainment industry ed-tech platform. MediaU provides accelerated online film, television, and media training centered around careers and scalable mentoring. MediaU’s courses are facilitated by currently working media professionals in order to give participants hirable skills. The University of California is one of MediaU’s institutional partners. As senior executive at Walt Disney Studios, president of National Geographic Films, and working independently, Adam has been a producer, distributor, or supervising executive on 38 films that have disrupted expectations, including March of the Penguins, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Dead Poets Society, Titus and The Way Back. Adam's movies have won or been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, 11 BAFTA Awards, 2 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys, 2 Directors Guild Awards, 4 Sundance Awards and 4 Independent Spirit Awards. Collectively, his projects have generated over $2 billion in revenue on $300 million production spending, and twice he has been responsible for the “most profitable picture of the year.” A Plastic Ocean, one of his recent documentaries, has inspired more than 100 new laws around the world, and was invited to the United Nations, and US Embassies around the world, where Adam moderated discussions with international scientists and environmental policy-makers. Through his company Entertainment Media Partners, Adam has guided and advised dozens of companies and individuals in film production, international finance, and high-impact storytelling.Adam was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and he has worked with more than 10,000 creatives in film, theatre, television, music, dance, poetry, literature, performance, photography, and design. He founded and for the past decade has published Cultural Daily, the popular digital magazine for diverse voices and perspectives, which has to date published more than 4,000 writers and poets. He is also the publisher of DCReport, co-founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston.Adam serves as professional faculty at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches in both the MBA and Executive Education programs. He is the author of two books published by Macmillan, Filmmaking in Action and Inside Track for Independent Filmmakers.