Paul M. Leonard

Paul M. Leonard (born January 16, 1968) is an American producer, He has worked in the film industry for over 18 years. He is most famous for co-producing  Battlestar Galactica, a show TV Guide and Time magazine called “the best show on television.”  Battlestar Galactica earned 15 Emmy  nominations in the following categories Leonard supervised: editing, sound editing, visual effects, sound mixing with visual effects (winning two Emmys, and sound editing (winning one Emmy).  In addition, two Best Director Emmy nominations stemmed from episodes that were entirely re-conceived in post as well.  Leonard won a Streamy Award  as Producer for “Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy” in 2009 for Best Dramatic Web Series.  In 2012 Paul produced “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome,” a two hour pilot shot entirely on green screen that featured over 1800 visual fx shots, which received three Emmy nominations for best visual fx, sound editing and sound mixing.

At the beginning of his career, Leonard founded a student television station at UT Austin in 1990, and was the first station manager for two years. The station has been doing well since and is still around and doing well. Leonard is currently a producer on season two of “Defiance” for the Syfy Channel. In an entirely different arena, Paul developed a script and set up the feature film “Assassination Games,” which was released on DVD last year starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Paul earned degrees in Radio, TV, Film and English from the University of Texas in Austin, and his MFA from USC’s Peter Stark Producer Program.

Leonard currently resides in the Greater Los Angeles Area with his wife Teresa Leonard. He currently does not have any children.