---
name: "Leanne Saunders"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leanne-saunders"
fi1m_id: "leanne-saunders"
imdb_id: "nm0766872"
tmdb_id: 1150130
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:56:41.084084+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leanne Saunders

## Identity

Leanne Saunders

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leanne-saunders
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leanne-saunders
- **IMDb ID:** nm0766872
- **TMDB ID:** 1150130
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1150130

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Also known as:** Leeanne Saunders
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1150130

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Hunt for the Wilderpeople*](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md) (82)

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## Biography

Leanne Saunders is a New Zealand film producer. She began her career in the UK, working at Working Title Films on projects including *Map of the Human Heart* (1992) and *London Kills Me* (1991), and later in film sales. In 2000 she founded her own company, Severe Features.

Saunders has produced several New Zealand features, including *Christmas* (2003), *Desert* (2010), *The Devil's Rock* (2011), *The Weight of Elephants* (2013), *Born to Dance* (2015) and *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016). She co-founded Piki Films with Taika Waititi and Carthew Neal. In 2016 she was appointed Head of Production and Development at the New Zealand Film Commission; she later took the same role at the South Australian Film Corporation.

*Sources: imdb.com, nzonscreen.com, ausfilm.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)
- *The Weight of Elephants* (2013), Producer
- *The Devil's Rock* (2011), Producer
- *Blue* (2011), Producer
- *Christmas* (2003), Producer
- *The French Doors* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Lost Valley* (1998), Production Manager
- *Crab Boy* (1996), Producer
- *Twilight of the Gods* (1996), Production Manager

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/leanne-saunders