LEONARD HILL

A resident of Hancock Park since 1986, Leonard Hill has long had a commitment to preserving residential neighborhoods and historic buildings. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Hill is a cornerstone founder of the Los Angeles Conservancy and has served two terms on its Board. He has restored and now reside in La Casa De Las Campanas (Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Monument #239). Mr. Hill’s interest in preserving residential neighborhoods led him to become a founding member of the League of Residential Neighborhood Advocates (LRNA), a non-profit organization of concerned citizens devoted to the protection of those portions of our cities dedicated to single-family homes.
Mr. Hill is the owner of Leonard Hill Films, a Los Angeles based independent television production company that he founded in 1980. LHF has supplied over 160 hours of high-quality, primetime filmed entertainment to the major broadcast networks. Among the movies that LHF has produced are such titles as “Mae West”, “The Long Hot Summer”, “Nitti: The Enforcer”, In The Deep Woods”, “A Matter of Justice”, The Last Fling, and “Prince of Bel Air”.
From l976 through 1980, Mr. Hill served as Vice President, Television Movies, at ABC Entertainment. Among the critically acclaimed movies produced during Mr. Hill’s administration were “The Jericho Mile”, “Amber Waves”, Friendly Fire”, “Elvis”, and “The Minnesota Strip”.
Prior to joining ABC, Mr. Hill worked for NBC, Paramount Television, MTM and Universal. Mr. Hill broke into the entertainment industry in 1971 as a writer on the series “Adam-12”.
Leonard Hill graduated from University High School in West Los Angeles in 1965. He received his Bachelors Degree (Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University in 1969. He was awarded his Master of Arts degree from Stanford.