Mr. Leutwylers first feature film, from his original screenplay, was the black comedy Road Kill, which won the audience choice award at both the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and FilmFest New Haven.

Mr. Leutwyler followed with the romantic comedy This Space Between Us, which starred Jeremy Sisto, Poppy Montgomery, and Gary Marshall.

After forming Ambush Entertainment, he went on to direct the comedy/horror film Dead and Breakfast, starring Jeremy Sisto and David Carradine.

He recently wrote and directed Unearthed, starring Emmanuelle Vaugier.

Mr. Leutwyler executive produced The Oh in Ohio starring Parker Posey and Danny DeVito and Against the Current starring Joseph Fiennes and produced Lower Learning starring Eva Longoria and Wonderful World starring Matthew Broderick.