Leif Tilden

David Leif Tilden, known as Leif Tilden, is an American actor, puppeteer, director and writer. He was the costume actor for Donatello (Teenage Mutant [Ninja Turtles)|Donatello] in Teenage [Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] and Teenage Mutant [Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze|its sequel] as well as playing Robbie Sinclair and Richfield in the sitcom Dinosaurs, and gorillas in various films, including Born to Be Wild, George of [the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle], Ace Ventura: When [Nature Calls], and Buddy.
Tilden wrote and directed the 2001 short bigLove (an official entry of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and co-directed the 2001 Dogme film Reunion. He was the director of 2017's 1 [Mile to You] AKA 'Life at These Speeds, 'Heart of a Lion'.