Leila Monks

Consultant Executive Producer, The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Freelance

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Leila Monks

Leila Monks is an award-winning Executive Producer and creative dealmaker specialising in high-impact storytelling across premium factual, social impact and digital content. Her work spans Disney+, BBC, ITV and YouTube, with credits including Jackson Wild–winning and EMMY, BAFTA and RTS-nominated Silverback (BBC/France TV), Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay (BBC), multi-award-winning Professor Green: Suicide and Me (BBC) and SNAP Originals’ I Want to Get Better with Jameela Jamil.

For the past three years, Leila has been Consultant Executive Producer for The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, with recent credits including Prince William: We Can End Homelessness (ITV/Disney+) and GUARDIANS (BBC Earth/YouTube, 15 million views across socials). Her work has been screened at UK Parliament, Piccadilly Lights and The Eden Project.

She has worked across production and distribution and previously founded her own indie, Antidote Productions. Leila is passionate about social issues, the climate, elevating under-represented voices and inspiring the next generation of creative talent both in front of and behind the camera.