Lesli Linka Glatter (born July 26, 1953) is an American film and television director. She is best known for her work on the AMC drama series ''

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'' and the

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series ''

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'', for which she's received eight

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nominations. She's also received an

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nomination for ''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (1985).

Life and career

Glatter was born in Dallas to

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parents. She began her career as a dancer and

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. Her early choreography credits include

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's ''To Live and Die in L.A'' and the music video for Sheila E.'s "

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". Her first film, ''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (1984), produced by Sharon Oreck, was nominated for an

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in the Live Action Short Film category. She made the film as part of the

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Directing Workshop for Women, of which she is an alumna. In 1995, Glatter directed her first feature film, ''Now and Then'', a coming-of-age story about four 12-year-old girls during an eventful summer in 1970. She has made several television films for cable networks, but the majority of her work is in television series. Glatter has received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for the ''

'' episode " Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009), and the ''

'' episodes " Q&A" (2012), " From A to B and Back Again" (2014) and " The Tradition of Hospitality" (2015) and "America First" (2016). In 2018 it was announced that Glatter would serve as chair on the advisory council for

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's Female Forward. An annual initiative to give ten women directors the opportunity to shadow a director on one of

's scripted television series for up to three episodes. The experience concludes with an in-season commitment for each finalist to direct at least one episode of the series they shadow. Glatter is married to Clayton Campbell, a visual artist and consultant. The couple has one child and currently reside in Los Angeles. On February 5, 2019, it was announced that Glatter will be credited as an executive producer alongside

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and Charlotte Stoudt in the upcoming

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thriller series, '' Pieces of Her''. More recently, she and Cheryl Bloch launched Backyard Pictures with a first look deal at Universal Television. In 2021, Glatter was elected president of the

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Partial filmography

*''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (with Sharon Oreck) (1984) (short) (nominated for an

) *''

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'' (1986) (TV) *''

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'' (1990) (TV) *''

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'' (1990–1991) (TV) *'' On the Air'' (1992) (TV) *'' Black Tie Affair'' (1992) (TV) *'' Birdland'' (1994) (TV) *'' NYPD Blue'' (1994) (TV) *'' Now and Then'' (1995) *'' Murder One'' (1996) (TV) *'' Brooklyn South'' (1998) (TV) *''

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'' (1998) (TV) *'' The Proposition'' (1998) *'' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999–2001) (TV) *'' Citizen Baines'' (2000) (TV) *'' Freaks and Geeks'' (2000) (TV) *''

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'' (2000–2001) (TV) *'' Third Watch'' (2001) (TV) *'' Presidio Med'' (2002) (TV) * "Keeping Last" (2004) (music video) *''

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'' (2005) (TV) *''

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'' (2005) (TV) *''

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'' (2002–2006) (TV) *'' Heroes'' (2007) (TV) *''

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'' (2008) (TV) *'' The Starter Wife'' (2008) (TV) *'' ER'' (1995–2008) (TV) *'' The Unit'' (2009) (TV) *'' Weeds'' (2009) (TV) *'' The Mentalist'' (2009) (TV) *'' House M.D.'' (2007–2009) (TV) *''

'' (2007–2010) (TV) *''

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'' (2010) (TV) *''

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'' (2010–2012) (TV) *'' The Chicago Code'' (2011) (TV) *''

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'' (2011) (TV) *'' The Newsroom'' (2012) (TV) *''

'' (2012–2020) (TV) *'' Six'' (2017) (TV) *'' The Morning Show'' (2021) (TV) *'' Pieces of Her'' (2022) (TV)

Awards

*2016: Dorothy Arzner Directors Award winner

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glatter, Lesli Linka 1953 births Living people 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American women 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women American television directors American women film directors American women television directors Directors Guild of America Award winners Film directors from Texas Greenhill School alumni People from Dallas