Academy Award-nominated producer Teddy Leifer founded Rise Films in 2006.

A five-time Emmy® winner, three-time Peabody winner and two-time BAFTA nominee, his credits include The Invisible War (Oscar® nominee, Emmy® winner, Peabody winner), The Interrupters (Emmy® winner), Icarus (Oscar® winner), Knuckle (Sundance world premiere), Dreamcatcher (Sundance winner), We Are Together (Tribeca winner), Rough Aunties (Sundance winner), The Human Factor (Telluride world premiere), Mayor (Emmy® winner, Peabody winner) and The Art of Political Murder (Emmy® nominee).

His feature, All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, is the only film ever to have won both the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival. The film received BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Documentary. 

Teddy was nominated for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America in 2023. His other recent productions include George Carlin’s American Dream, a two-parter for HBO directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio which won the 2022 Emmy® for Outstanding Documentary, and Once Upon A Time In Londongrad, a timely political thriller about 14 mysterious UK deaths with alleged Russia links for Sky Documentaries, Peacock and NBC Universal.

He recently produced a feature length finale of the multi award-winning Plebs, following its five season run as the most-watched comedy in ITV2’s history.

Teddy was listed in the "100 most innovative and influential people in British creative and media industries" by the Guardian newspaper. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA and the Producers Guild of America.