Welcome to the art of Leah Bartholomay
Leah Bartholomay was born in a rural New
England town. She attended Montserrat College of Art in Boston
Massachusetts developing her fine art skills. After transferring to
Columbia College Chicago she completed her degree in Documentary
Filmmaking.
Interning for a year
with Chicago’s well know documentary production house, Kartemquin, Leah
has work experience in every area of documentary filmmaking from
preproduction to post. Leah received recognition for her short film THE
GENE, which followed her mothers journey with breast cancer. Leah has
two short stories published, and is the primary illustrator for an
upcoming children’s book The Peace Garden of Color.
Leah
attended the Australian International Documentary Conference as an
honorary guest in February 2007 and pitched her film THE RIVER that
will be shot in the summer of 2009. The film focuses on the dramatic
changes that have taken place on the Mississippi river over the past
century.