A Brown University graduate, Leah Meyerhoff is currently pursuing a Master’s in Film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While at NYU, Meyerhoff directed TWITCH, a short film about a girl’s irrational fear that her mother’s disability is contagious. A Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner and Student Academy Awards finalist, TWITCH has screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide and won half a dozen First Place awards.TWITCH is scheduled to air on the Independent Film Channel later this year after it screens at the WILDsound event. Meyerhoff is currently teaching at the New York Film Academy and working on her first feature film.