Leandro Taub

Leandro Taub is an actor, author and public speaker based in NYC, that was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started his career as an actor and became a financial analyst for a fund management company and a financial strategist in the UAE.

Taub acted as Enrique Lihn, the best friend of Alejandro Jodorowsky, in ‘Endless Poetry’ (Cannes Film Festival 2016). He is the protagonist of the feature film ‘Woodwind’ by Fin Manjoo (South Africa, 2017), and the documentary ‘¿Quien Soy? En busca de lo esencial’ by Luis Esteban Alvarez Armenta (Mexico, 2015). Taub worked with Ralf Schmerberg in 032c ‘An Innocent Mind Has No Fear’ and Jägermeister ‘Be the meister’, with Florian Tscharf in ‘Bed’, and with Travis Stevens in ‘A Wounded Fawn’ (Tribeca 2022).

His published works include 5 books (two with Ediciones B- Random House, one with Edaf, two with Tikun Olam Books) and 27 audiobooks (Audible Exclusive) on Numerology, Yoga, Shamanism, Tarot, Alchemy, Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism. He writes daily for over 1 million followers on social media and did over 200 talking events in the past 14 years.

Taub debuted as co-director and producer in the feature film ‘Externo’. The film participated in 73 film festivals, received 45 awards, and was released on Amazon Prime Video, Rubi, RokuTV and Google Play.

Leandro Taub co-directed and starred in the inaugural Ignite Film Festival Best Experimental Film winner in 2021 – the incredible feature ‘Externo’. We are very pleased to now have him as a judge for Ignite.