Michael Leader

Michael Leader is a writer and broadcaster. His work has appeared in the pages of Sight & Sound and Little White Lies, and his voice can be heard weekly on the Little White Lies podcast, Truth & Movies. He is a Senior Producer at Little Dot Studios, specialising in projects related to film and video games, and is Commissioning Editor of the BBC iPlayer short-form documentary series Inside Cinema and Inside Games. He is co-creator, co-host and now co-author of Ghibliotheque, the podcast about Japanese animation legends Studio Ghibli that, in 2021, leapt out of the earbuds and onto the printed page for the comprehensive hardback Ghibliotheque – The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli.

BIFA Roles

2021 Jury Member