Franklin Leonard

Franklin Leonard is an American film producer. He created the Black List in 2004, an annual publication that ranks unproduced screenplays. He served as a development executive for Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment from 2010 to 2012, having previously served as Director of Development and Production at Universal Pictures from 2008 to 2010. In 2012, he began serving as an advisor for BoomGen Studios, as well as for Plympton, Inc. the following year. In 2017, he began serving as a board member for the art education non-profit Young Storytellers.