About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1963-12-31
Place of birth:
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Website:
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Leontine Petit

Overview

Leontine Petit is founder and CEO/Producer of Lemming Film, with offices in Amsterdam and Berlin. Since 1995, Lemming Film has successfully co-produced 54 feature films and 14 high end drama series in Europe and beyond. Their projects are sold to many countries around the world and have won various national and international awards.

Before working in film production, Leontine studied at the University of Amsterdam where she earned her Master's degree in Philosophy. She graduated from EAVE and is a member of the ACE Network. She was named "Producer on the Move" by European Film Promotion (2006). In 2014 she participated at EAVE+. She first participated in the Inside Pictures workshop in 2017. Today she teaches at various media programs and until 2020 she was also the President of 'Bridging the Dragon', an association that is connecting European and Chinese filmmakers.

Leontine is a passionate advocate of helping independent films cross boundaries and connect with international audiences. She won the prestigious Eurimages Co-production Award during the European Film Awards in 2016.

Amongst others, her most recent (co-)productions include PLEASURE by Ninja Thyberg (Sweden, 2020), DO NOT HESITATE by Shariff Korver (Netherlands, 2020), HOME by Franka Potente (Germany, 2020), DEAD AND BEAUTIFUL by David Verbeek (Netherlands, 2020), BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani (Germany, 2020), THE HEIRS OF THE NIGHT by Diederik van Rooijen (drama series, Netherlands, 2020), MONOS by Alejandro Landes (Colombia, 2019), FENIX by Shariff Korver (drama series, Netherlands, 2018), ZAMA by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina, 2017), MY GIRAFFE by Barbara Bredero (Netherlands, 2017) and THE LOBSTER by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2015).

Known for

Production
2024 Mr. K Production Producer N/A
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2024 Sebastian Production Co-Producer 58
Average
2024 Swimming Home Production Co-Producer 58
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2024 Milk Production Producer 58
Average
2024 Kalak Production Co-Producer 58
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2024 Above the Dust Production Co-Producer N/A
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2023 Lost in the Night Production Co-Producer 59
Average
2023 Sweet Dreams Production Producer 58
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2022 Rules of War Production Producer N/A
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2022 The Path Production Co-Producer 59
Average
2021 Dead & Beautiful Production Producer 58
Average
2021 Pleasure Production Co-Producer 60
Fair
2019 Nocturne Production Co-Producer 58
Average
2018 Yulia & Juliet Production Producer 59
Average
2018 An Impossibly Small Object Production Producer 58
Average
2018 Your Mother Should Know Production Producer 59
Average
2018 Fenix Production Producer 69
Fair
2017 My Giraffe Production Co-Producer 59
Average
2017 My Giraffe Production Producer 59
Average
2016 Remi, Nobody's Boy Production Producer N/A
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2016 Boy 7 Production Producer 58
Average
2015 The Lobster Production Co-Producer 69
Fair
2015 Blood, Sweat and Tears Production Producer 59
Average
2014 The Intruder Production Producer 58
Average
2014 Blind Production Co-Producer 60
Fair
2013 Almost Italian Production Producer 59
Average
2012 Snackbar Production Producer 58
Average
2012 Tony 10 Production Producer 59
Average
2011 Among Us Production Producer 58
Average
2011 ¡Vivan las Antipodas! Production Co-Producer 59
Average
2011 The President Production Producer 58
Average
2011 My Grandpa the Bankrobber Production Producer 59
Average
2010 The Secret Letter Production Producer 59
Average
2010 Dusk Production Co-Producer 58
Average
2010 De Troon Production Producer 68
Fair
2009 Altiplano Production Producer 59
Average
2008 Dunya & Desie Production Producer 59
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2006 Khadak Production Producer 59
Average
2006 Donkey Girl Production Producer 59
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2005 Schnitzel Paradise Production Producer 58
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1999 Man, vrouw, hondje Production Producer N/A
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Borges and Me Production Co-Producer N/A
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