Leila Djansi

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Leila Djansi is a hollywood filmmaker who started her film career in the Ghana Film Industry. President of the Ghana Library Board Readers club for 3 years running, her sojourn in the industry began when she came second runner up in a regional beauty pageant in 1998. She worked closely with Stacy Amoateng of TV3 Music Music fame where they produced mainstream entertainment shows including The Playback Show and Teen Talent. A screenplay, Babina, for Producer Akwetey Kanyi resulted in her first screen credit. She begun her film education at the National Film and Television School and continued to Manifold College. She left Ghana for the United States to continue her Film and Television Degree at Savannah College of Art and Design. She has remained in the United States since her departure in the late 90s.

[edit] Career

Leila worked as a writer/Producer for Safo and Safo Entertainment where she wrote and produced works like:

The sisterhood
Subcity
Together Forever
The Instrument
Broken Bridges
Daughters of Eve
Legacy of Love

Her Career begun with Movie Africa where she was a writer/Producer. Her work was different from the storylines adapted by most film makers at the time. This resulted in her working with the Gama Film Company where she wrote and produced legacy of love. Her first production and second screenplay, together forever[1] launched the late Ghanaian screen goddess Suzzy Williams to stardom. In the United States, she established Turning Point Pictures[2], an independent production company geared towards social issue films. The company is responsible for films like Grass between My lips, Toads for Dinner, Red Soil [3] and Tulips [4], which surrounds the issue of women enslavement also known as Trokosi.