Lesley Chilcott

Lesley Chilcott is an American filmmaker known for her work addressing social and environmental justice, education, gender equality, and pop culture phenomena. In 2019, she directed Watson, an action-adventure documentary about Sea Shepherd founder and eco-activist Paul Watson and his lifelong mission to save the oceans, which the Los Angeles Times described as “excellent and urgent,” adding that the “riveting documentary should be required viewing for all.”

Chilcott produced the Academy Award–winning An Inconvenient Truth (2006), a critical and commercial success that earned the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.