Genevieve (Eve) Leonard is a film director and VFX artist working in the New York City area. She earned an MFA in Film Directing from California Institute of the Arts and BFAs in Film and Animation from University of the Arts. Her award winning short films include - Moving On : Best in Show in Loop De Loop 2018, Don’t Let Kids Play With Slime and Oozing won Best Animated Short for the Shorty Shorts Competition at Blobfest two years in a row - 2022 and 2023. The cornerstone of her professional practice is to support an equitable film industry through service. Eve volunteers to advocate for gender equality by working as a co-lead for the NYC Chapter of Women in Animation (WIA). Her professional experience includes twenty years in arts education with positions such as Assistant Director of Digital Arts Programs and Department Chair of Digital Filmmaking at the Art Institutes, Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts and The New School.