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), Dr House (2004), Heroes (2006), À la maison blanche (1999), New York Police Blues (1993), Urgences (1994), and Freaks & Geeks (1999), to name a few. Her first series was Steven Spielberg's Histoires fantastiques (1985), followed by Twin Peaks (1990), for which she received her first Director's Guild Nomination. Lesli has also directed numerous pilots, including Grace (2011), Gilmore Girls (2000), In My Life (2002), Newton (2003), and Pretty Little Liars (2010). In addition, Lesli was the Co-Executive Producer/Director of Shawn Ryan's The Chicago Code (2011), and Co-Executive Producer/Director of NBC's The Playboy Club (2011), John Wells' Citizen Baines (2000) and currently is the Co-Executive Producer/Director of Homeland (2011) as well as Co-Executive Producer/Director of HBO's new series, _"The Leftovers" (2013)_, based on Tom Perrotta's novel.
Lesli Linka Glatter began her directing career through 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 Souvenirs d'un été (1995) featuring Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell and Christina Ricci, followed by Polygram's romantic period drama La proposition (1998), featuring Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt. She directed HBO's State of Emergency (1994), for which received a Cable ACE nomination for Best Picture, as well as a Humanitas award nomination. Lesli's other HBO films include Into the Homeland (1987) and Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) (segment: The Promise).
In 2010, Lesli was nominated for an Emmy for directing the Mad Men (2007) episode, Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency, as well as winning the 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 (2011) episode, Q & A, as well as an Emmy nomination for the same episode.
Lesli serves on the Board of the Directors Guild of America, the Western Directors Council, and is the co-chair of the Diversity Task Force, as well as being an advisor at the Sundance Directors Lab.
Prior to her work as a director, Lesli was a modern dance choreographer working throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.
