Meet
Adam Leipzig
Adam Leipzig is driven by curiosity, and by a lifelong belief that creativity, when structured with purpose, can change the world. Over a career that spans film, theater, publishing, and education, he has built a reputation for turning ideas into movements and art into impact.
About Adam
As a senior executive at Walt Disney Studios and later as President of National Geographic Films, Adam helped bring to life more than forty acclaimed movies, including March of the Penguins, Dead Poets Society, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Titus, The Way Back, and A Plastic Ocean. His projects have earned over $2 billion worldwide and received honors from the Oscars, BAFTAs, Emmys, Golden Globes, and Sundance.
Earlier in his journey, Adam made history as the first American theater dramaturg outside New York City, producing hundreds of performances before stepping from stage to screen. Across four decades, he has collaborated with more than 10,000 creative artists in film, television, theater, music, and design & building bridges between business discipline and artistic vision.
Today, Adam continues to produce films and media internationally while teaching at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where he mentors MBA and executive leaders on creativity, storytelling, and communication.
He is the author of Filmmaking in Action and Inside Track for Independent Filmmakers, publisher of Cultural Daily and DCReport, and creator of Fearless Persistence, a movement and a book about how creators and leaders cultivate courage, stay true to their purpose, and keep going when the path gets hard.