Leigh is an independent filmmaker and educator who has directed films that experiment with traditional filmmaking forms, including a gender performance film shot with a hidden camera built into a purse and an improvisational hybrid narrative. She has worked as a freelance writer and editor, including scripting and editing short films for Ford and creating social media videos for musician Jack White. She produced Free Havana (International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Frameline Film Festival), and is currently directing A Night At The Stone Burlesk, a feature documentary about a family of magicians with many secrets.