Like Leaves Like Seeds Productions
Like Leaves, Like Seeds Productions LLC is a film production company created by Leanne McLaughlin and Joseph Mault under which they are producing their first feature film, Strange Kindness, on Cape Cod.
Joseph Mault
Joseph Mault (writer, director, director of photography) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work largely revolves around the moving image. He has been directing and shooting music videos with billy woods and Armand Hammer for some time. Recent projects they have collaborated on have included a 3-channel video installation at Atonal Berlin in Germany as well as a video installation at Knockdown Center in Brooklyn.
In 2020, Joseph released a short film which documented the making of the music video for ‘Charms’ by Armand Hammer, for which he built a 1:24th scale derelict version of Brooklyn out of cereal boxes.
In 2022, the music video for 'Charms' by Armand Hammer won BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase - LA Film Festival.
Joseph also directed and shot a feature length documentary, MAKE OUT, which follows an Illinois based rock band, The Funs, as they transform an old death parlour into their home and recording studio.
Leanne McLaughlin
Leanne McLaughlin (producer, "Rose") has grown up surrounded by the business and has been taking notes the whole time. One of her first experiences being on set was when she was 3 years old and by the age of 17, had close to 50 stage credits.
After graduating from High School a little early, she moved out to Salt Lake City and began working as a Stand In for a handful of made for TV movies. After a year, she moved back east to go to school at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. Then off to LA she went, where she continued working as a Stand In as well as studying with Deb Aquila, Donna Morong and John Hindman.
While in LA, Leanne produced a production that she also starred in at The Lounge Theatre.
In addition to her experience as a Stand In for film and TV, Leanne has also worked in the Art Department. And in restaurants. And for a Jewelry Designer. For a fabrication company. As a nanny. As a dog walker. She’s really done a little bit of a lot of different things.
She has found that all of her outside world experiences have helped her tremendously as an actor, an artist and a producer. She has an intense interest in what parts of the whole are doing and finds that helpful when it comes to thinking about a film production.