Leigh Roberts, Score
For his work on Washington Heights, Leigh Roberts won the prize for Best Original Score at the 2002 Milan International Film Festival. Leigh began composing in his late teens. After studying music composition at Syracuse University he joined forces in 1995 with Jon Ehrlich to form JECO. He has composed dozens of national commercials for brand name clients and has also scored several short independent films. Leigh has had recent success scoring documentaries for Discovery Channel, AMC, TNT, PBS and National Geographic. He wrote the theme for Nickelodeon's new reality series On The Team. His recent collaboration with composer Chris Hajian on Naked States, a feature length documentary, aired on HBO's prestigious America Undercover Sunday series. Also with Hajian, he co wrote two seasons worth of music for Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade.