Screenplays
The President of The Leonard Group, Kevin Leonard, optioned a screenplay he wrote about the life of WWI hero Eddie Rickenbacker. His screenplay won a Best Screenplay award in Clint Eastwood's Monterey County Film Commission 2007 Screenwriting Competition, and was a finalist in both the 2007 FilmMakers International Screenwriting and the 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay competitions. The Leonard Group provides scriptwriting for corporate videos. Contact us to discuss how we can assist you with your corporate video needs.
Documentary Research
The Leonard Group provides historical research for numerous documentary films, including:
- U.S. Navy records, photos, and films pertaining to midget submarines used by the Japanese in their attack on Pearl Harbor for a PBS NOVA documentary
- papers of Edward Brooke, former Attorney General of Massachusetts, for a documentary on the Boston Strangler for the National Geographic Channel
- captured Japanese documents, video, and declassified military papers concerning the I-400, or Sen Toku, class of Japanese submarines during WWII for a PBS Secrets of the Dead documentary
- video of Guatemala in the 1950s for a documentary about violence against women in that country
- video of Canadian troops landing on D-Day for a documentary
- video of post-war Japan showing the U.S. efforts in rebuilding the country for a documentary
- U.S. Army War Crimes transcripts from WWII about the murder of the family of Albert Einstein's cousin in Italy by the Nazis for an Italian documentary
- video and Navy photos of current and former Master Chief Petty Officers of the Navy (MCPON) for a documentary produced for the U.S. Navy