David Leaf
Adjunct Associate Professor - Music Industry and Musicology

Since 2010, David Leaf has been an adjunct professor at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of music where he teaches undergraduate courses in music documentary, songwriting and “The Reel Beatles.”

Off campus, Leaf is a Peabody Award-winning writer best known as a writer/producer/director of such acclaimed films as The Night James Brown Saved Boston, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, the Grammy-nominated feature Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and The Story of SMiLE, and The Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In.  His most recent films as a director include To Tell The Truth, a documentary on Japanese Internment, and Born To Cry, the story of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dion Dimucci.

As an author, Leaf’s most recent book is 2022’s God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys & the California Myth.

You can learn more about his distinguished body of work at www.leafprod.com

Professor David Leaf's Book Named One of Top 2023 Rock Books
Next to Bob Dylan’s Philosophy of Modern Sound and Bono’s memoir (yes, that Bono), one of the top rock books of 2023 is David Leaf’s God Only Knows: the Story
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Music and movies have been the main components of David Leaf’s 30-plus-year career as an award-winning filmmaker-biographer. His projects have opened up the lives of the greatest music makers of
Jonathan Beard
Lecturer - Music Industry (Electronic Music, Audio Engineering)
Jessica Schwartz
Associate Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Punk and DIY)
Tiffany Naiman
Instructor - Music Industry & Musicology (Critical Perspectives, Capstone Sequence, History of Popular Music), Director of Undergraduate Programs in Music Industry
Erik Madrid
Lecturer - Music Industry (Mixing)
Jason Feinberg
Lecturer - Music Industry (Digital Marketing and Promotion)
Tony Brancato
Guest Lecturer - Music Industry (Influence and Data Mining)
Lauren A. Spalding
Lecturer - Music Industry (Music and Activism, Artist Management)
Stig Edgren
Lecturer - Music Industry
Ryan Svendsen
Lecturer, Music Industry (Advanced Music Supervision)
Don Franzen
Adjunct Professor - Music Industry (Music and Law, Forensic Musicology)
Marc Cimino
Lecturer - Music Industry (Music Publishing)
David MacFadyen
Professor and Chair of Music Industry, Professor - Musicology and Comparative Literature
Justin Paul
Lecturer - Music Industry
Hans Fjellestad
Lecturer - Music Industry (Music Supervision)
Kathryn Frazier
Lecturer - Music Industry
Adam Moseley
Lecturer - Music Industry (Studio Production)
Dawnyelle Addison
Manager - Music Industry Program
Allison Wolfe
Lecturer - Music Industry (Music Journalism, Audio Storytelling)
Lauren Kop
Lecturer - Music Industry (Digital Production and Beat Design)
Jeffery Jampol
Lecturer - Music Industry (Artist Management and Promotion)
Judith Finell
Adjunct Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Forensic Musicology)
Lee John
Lecturer in Music Industry (Rock/Pop Ensemble)
Catherine Gregory
Lecturer - Music, Music Industry (Artistic Citizenship and Community Engagement), Director of the Gluck Fellowship Program
Michelle Moreno
Lecturer - Music Industry (Finance and Accounting)
Natasha Pasternak
Lecturer - Music Industry (Songwriting, Touring, Songwriter’s Workshop)
Chyna Ellis
Assistant to the Chair - Music Industry Program
Thomas Hodgson
Assistant Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Music and Data, Global Music Industry)
Catherine Provenzano
Assistant Professor - Musicology and Music Industry (Critical and Contemporary Perspectives on Music Technology)
Robert Fink
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Amy Kathryn Kuney
Lecturer - Music Industry (Songwriting)
Monica Chieffo
Lecturer - Music Industry (Influence and Data Mining)
Mark Tramo
Adjunct Associate Professor - Neuroscience and Music Industry (Music, Mind, and Brain)

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