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Lesli Linka Glatter

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Lesli Linka Glatter
At the 2023 SXSW Festival, IMDb speaks with Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit, Lily Rabe, and director/EP Lesli Linka Glatter about what sets "Love & Death" apart from other investigations into Candy Montgomery's crime. The cast discusses how they prepared to play these characters, how they were able to connect with what they loved about the real people behind the story, and even why disco plays such an important part to the show's quirky tone.
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Lesli Linka Glatter is a director of film, network, cable, and premium cable television drama, with both pilots and episodes to her credit. Lesli's TV work includes Homeland (2011), The Newsroom (2012), The Walking Dead (2010), Justified (2010), Ray Donovan (2013), Masters of Sex (2013), Nashville (2012), Boss (2011), True Blood (2008), Mad Men (2007), The Good Wife (2009), Weeds (2005), House (2004), Heroes (2006), The West Wing (1999), NYPD Blue (1993), ER (1994), and Freaks and Geeks (1999), to name a few. Her first series was Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985) followed by Twin Peaks (1990), for which she received her first Directors Guild Award nomination. Lesli has also directed numerous pilots including Grace (2011), Gilmore Girls (2000), In My Life (2002), Newton (2003), Six (2017) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). In addition, Lesli was the Co-Executive Producer/Director of Shawn Ryan's The Chicago Code (2011), NBC's The Playboy Club (2011), John Wells' Citizen Baines (2000), HBO's The Leftovers (2014) and was the Executive Producer/Director of Homeland (2011) Seasons 3 through 8.

Lesli began her directing career through the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film, Tales of Meeting and Parting (1985), was nominated for an Academy Award, as well as winning numerous awards in festivals throughout the country.

Lesli made her feature film directorial debut with New Line's coming-of-age comedy, Now and Then (1995), featuring Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell and Christina Ricci, followed by Polygram's romantic period drama The Proposition (1998), featuring Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt. She directed HBO's State of Emergency (1994), which she received a Cable ACE nomination for Best Picture, as well as a Humanitas Award nomination. Lesli's other HBO films include Into Into the Homeland (1987) and The Promise.

In 2010, Lesli was nominated for an Emmy for directing the Mad Men (2007) episode "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (2009)," as well as winning a Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for the same episode. In 2013, she was nominated for her third Directors Guild Award for the Homeland episode Q&A (2012) as well as an Emmy nomination for the same episode. In 2013, Lesli was nominated for her fourth Director's Guild Award for the season finale of Homeland (2011), The Star (2013). In 2015, Lesli won the Director's Guild Award for the Homeland (2011) episode From A to B and Back Again (2014) and received her 3rd Emmy nomination for that episode as well. Lesli's 6th DGA Award nomination was for the Homeland (2011) episode The Tradition of Hospitality (2015) as well as her 4th Emmy nomination. Lesli received her 5th Emmy nomination for the Homeland (2011) Season Finale, America First (2017) and her 7th DGA nomination for the America First (2017) Season Finale, Paean to the People (2018). Lesli has also received 2 Emmy Nominations as part of the America First (2017) production team for Best Drama Series.

Lesli serves as the 1st Vice President of the Directors Guild of America, is on the DGA's Western Directors Council, as well as being an adviser at the Sundance Directors Lab. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Directors Branch of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Lesli recently received the Caucus Foundation Award, the Dorothy Arzner Directing Award from Women in Film, and the Franklin Schaffner Award from the American Film Institute, as well as an Honorary Degree from the American Film Institute. Lesli has been actively mentoring for many years and most recently helped develop the successful program, NBC Female Forward. Lesli has been involved on projects for Netflix, Amazon, Showtime and Epix.

Prior to her work as a director, Lesli was a modern dance choreographer, working throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.
BornJuly 26, 1953
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 7 wins & 28 nominations total

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Lesli Linka Glatter
Claire Danes and Lesli Linka Glatter
Lesli Linka Glatter at an event for The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Lesli Linka Glatter at an event for The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Claire Danes and Lesli Linka Glatter
Claire Danes and Lesli Linka Glatter
Patrick Fugit, Lesli Linka Glatter, Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, and Lily Rabe at an event for Love & Death (2023)
Lesli Linka Glatter at an event for Love & Death (2023)
Lesli Linka Glatter at an event for Love & Death (2023)
Lesli Linka Glatter at an event for Love & Death (2023)
Lesli Linka Glatter
Lesli Linka Glatter

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Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
Homeland
8.3
TV Series
  • Director
Demi Moore, Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Melanie Griffith, Gaby Hoffmann, Rita Wilson, Rosie O'Donnell, and Ashleigh Aston Moore in Now and Then (1995)
Now and Then
6.8
  • Director(directed by)
  • 1995
Troian Bellisario, Sasha Pieterse, Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, and Shay Mitchell in Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Pretty Little Liars
7.4
TV Series
  • Director
Mad Men (2007)
Mad Men
8.7
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Zero Day
    • Director
    • In Production
    • TV Mini Series
  • The Banker's Wife
    • Director
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • Elizabeth Olsen in Love & Death (2023)
    Love & Death
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2020
  • Edie Falco, Miles Gaston Villanueva, and Gus Halper in Law & Order True Crime (2017)
    Law & Order True Crime
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Edwin Hodge, Juan Pablo Raba, Kyle Schmid, Jaylen Moore, Barry Sloane, Eric Ladin, and Olivia Munn in Six (2017)
    Six
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Justin Theroux in The Leftovers (2014)
    The Leftovers
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
    Masters of Sex
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom (2012)
    The Newsroom
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Timothy Olyphant in Justified (2010)
    Justified
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Scott Speedman in Last Resort (2012)
    Last Resort
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere in Nashville (2012)
    Nashville
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Kelsey Grammer, Connie Nielsen, Sanaa Lathan, Kathleen Robertson, Jeff Hephner, Jonathan Groff, and Hannah Ware in Boss (2011)
    Boss
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2012

Producer

  • Zero Day
    • executive producer
    • In Production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Elizabeth Olsen in Love & Death (2023)
    Love & Death
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote in Pieces of Her (2022)
    Pieces of Her
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
    • executive producer
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2020
  • Edie Falco, Miles Gaston Villanueva, and Gus Halper in Law & Order True Crime (2017)
    Law & Order True Crime
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Edwin Hodge, Juan Pablo Raba, Kyle Schmid, Jaylen Moore, Barry Sloane, Eric Ladin, and Olivia Munn in Six (2017)
    Six
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Justin Theroux in The Leftovers (2014)
    The Leftovers
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Eddie Cibrian and Amber Heard in The Playboy Club (2011)
    The Playboy Club
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Jennifer Beals, Delroy Lindo, Jason Clarke, and Todd Williams in The Chicago Code (2011)
    The Chicago Code
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • James Cromwell, Embeth Davidtz, Jane Adams, and Jacinda Barrett in Citizen Baines (2000)
    Citizen Baines
    • producer (multiple episodes)
    • TV Series
    • 2000
  • Tales of Meeting and Parting
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1985

Additional Crew

  • To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
    To Live and Die in L.A.
    • choreographer
    • 1985
  • Sheila E.: The Glamorous Life (1984)
    Sheila E.: The Glamorous Life
    • Choreographer
    • choreographer
    • Music Video
    • 1984
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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How "Love & Death" Awoke Elizabeth Olsen's Love of Disco
Clip 4:18
How "Love & Death" Awoke Elizabeth Olsen's Love of Disco
President Keane's Resignation
Video 1:40
President Keane's Resignation
I Will Hunt You Down, I Will Kill You
Video 2:57
I Will Hunt You Down, I Will Kill You
Tell Me We Got It
Video 1:26
Tell Me We Got It
Is He Gonna Wake Up?
Video 1:36
Is He Gonna Wake Up?
I Need People I Can Trust
Video 2:01
I Need People I Can Trust
If Things Go Wrong This Is The Plan
Video 1:18
If Things Go Wrong This Is The Plan
We Have A Plan For That
Video 1:44
We Have A Plan For That
What Did You Do?
Video 2:27
What Did You Do?
I Made It
Video 1:07
I Made It
Simone Told Me
Video 2:37
Simone Told Me

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Leslie Linka Glatter
  • Born
    • July 26, 1953
    • Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Spouse
    • Clayton Campbell? - present (1 child)
  • Relatives
    • Al Goodman(Niece or Nephew)

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