User:Leif Gantvoort

Leif Gantvoort has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years, donning many different hats (directing, acting, writing, editing, producing, designing, etc.) and winning many awards along the way. As a director, Leif’s independent feature film won Best Comedy at the the Phoenix Comicon Film Festival, and the IFS Film Festival. The film eventually went on to get a theatrical release, premiering on over 90 screens. His short films: “Passed the Brush” won Best Short at Vertical Movie Film Festival and the VertiFilms Prague Film Festival; “Heavy Stuff” won Best Comedy/Horror at the South Dakota Film Festival and the Die Laughing Film Festival; “Birth is Beautiful” won him Best Editing at the Reel Comedy Festival; and "Hyte" was nominated for Best Sci-Fi Short at . As a production designer, he won a  twice, was nominated for an  and a  Award. As an actor, Leif has been in (where he killed ) and (where he tried his best to kill Paul Blart). Other lead roles in features include: Don’t Blink (film), AWOL-72, and Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (which earned him a Best Lead Actor nomination at ). He has guest starred on numerous TV shows, including: ,, , , , , and , to name a few. As a playwright, his stage play "The Zombie Effect" has had 3 sell-out runs in Los Angeles, and his stage play "Mark on Society" was on the short list for the . In his very limited free time, he skates as a banked track roller derby referee (under the name of Wild Bill Hiccup) for the , where his wife (DoomsDaisy) and daughter (Chewblocka) both skate on teams. He usually refs for the national championships (Battle on the Bank) where...he also won a referee MVP award.
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