Two Suns Media is a New York City-based media production company founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker, Kathy Leichter.
Kathy Leichter is an award-winning documentary producer, director, and impact producer with over thirty years of experience using media for social change. She is the owner of Two Suns Media and Mint Leaf Productions, both based in New York City.
Her passion and purpose is to use story to move audiences emotionally and inspire change.
Leichter's most recent film as director and producer is Here One Day, about mental illness and suicide in Leichter’s family. The film premiered at IDFA, had a prestigious festival tour, and won Best Documentary and the Jury Prize at the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. Here One Day is now the centerpiece of an international screening initiative, directed by Leichter, to reduce stigma, link audiences to support, teach about the impact of mental health challenges on families, and influence behavioral healthcare policy.
Leichter directed and produced, with Jonathan Skurnik, A Day's Work, A Day's Pay, which follows three welfare recipients in New York City, produced in association with ITVS and winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award for Excellence in Projects about Poverty and Hunger. Leichter fundraised for, designed, and directed for five years the film’s impact and audience engagement campaign, The Workfare Media Initiative, which trained people with experience in the welfare system to facilitate post-screening discussions, tell their own stories, and inspire audiences to action.
Other credits include co-producer of the award-winning films, Spit It Out, about a man who stutters and his journey towards self-acceptance and producer of Hidden Battles, about the psychological impact of killing on soldiers and Mothers and Daughters: Mirrors That Bind, about the effect of the mother/daughter relationship on a woman’s body, sexuality, and self-esteem.
Formerly Leichter worked at WQED-PBS, where she associate produced a national series on health care reform and worked for Mister Rogers Neighborhood. One of the most memorable moments of her career was when, before a shoot, Mr. Rogers asked Leichter to warm his blue Keds sneakers.