Leila Weefur is a Liberian-American artist, writer, and curator whose work engages with film, architecture, and the archive to examine systems of belonging. Weefur's research, across disciplines, explores environmental geographies, transnationalism, religion, and queer worldmaking. Weefur received an MFA from Mills College and BFA in Film and Media Studies from California State University, Los Angeles and Howard University.

Weefur has worked internationally with institutions including The Walker Art Center, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, ICASF, CCA’s Wattis Institute, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Museum of the African Diaspora, and The Kitchen. Weefur was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship in 2024 and completed a residency with the Bemis Center for the Arts. Weefur’s writing has been published in SEEN by BlackStar Productions, Sming Sming Books, Baest Journal, and more. Weefur is a founding member of the curatorial film collective, The Black Aesthetic.