Lesli Linka Glatter facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lesli Linka Glatter
Glatter in 2015
Born	(1953-07-26) July 26, 1953 (age 72) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Television director
Television	Twin Peaks Gilmore Girls Mad Men Homeland
Children	1
President of the Directors Guild of America
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	Thomas Schlamme

Lesli Linka Glatter (born July 26, 1953) is an American film and television director. She is well-known for her work on popular TV shows like Mad Men and Homeland.

For her directing work, Lesli has been nominated for many awards. She has received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and seven Directors Guild of America Awards nominations, winning the Directors Guild award three times! She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for her film Tales of Meeting and Parting in 1985.

Life and Career Highlights

Lesli Glatter was born in Dallas, Texas. She started her career as a dancer and a choreographer, which means she created dance routines. She even choreographed for the movie To Live and Die in L.A. and the music video for Sheila E.'s song "The Glamorous Life".

Her first film, Tales of Meeting and Parting (1984), was a short film. It was so good that it was nominated for an Academy Award! She made this film as part of a special program called the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women.

In 1995, Lesli directed her first full-length movie, Now and Then. This film is a coming-of-age story about four 12-year-old girls and their adventures during a summer in 1970.

Most of Lesli's work has been in television series. She has been nominated six times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. These nominations were for episodes of Mad Men (like "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency") and Homeland (including "Q&A" and "America First").

In 2018, Lesli became the chair of the advisory council for NBC's Female Forward program. This program helps ten women directors each year. They get to learn from experienced directors on a TV show and then direct at least one episode themselves!

In 2019, Lesli Glatter became an executive producer for the Netflix thriller series, Pieces of Her. More recently, she started her own company, Backyard Pictures, with Cheryl Bloch.

In 2021, Lesli Glatter was chosen as the president of the Directors Guild of America. This is a very important role in the film and television industry.

In 2023, she directed and was an executive producer for Love & Death, a limited series on HBO Max. It starred famous actors like Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons.

Films and TV Shows

Lesli Glatter has directed many films and television shows. Here are some of them:

Films

Television

Awards and Recognitions

Lesli Glatter has won and been nominated for many important awards for her directing work.

See also

In Spanish: Lesli Linka Glatter para niños