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Lesli Linka Glatter

Highest Rated: 100% Half the Picture (2018)

Lowest Rated: 11% The Proposition (1998)

Birthday: Jul 26, 1953

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA

A prolific and much-praised director for television for nearly three decades, Lesli Linka Glatter helmed episodes of some of the most popular and critically acclaimed series of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including "ER" (NBC 1994-2009), "The West Wing" (NBC 1999-2006), "Mad Men" (AMC 2007-15) and "Homeland" (Showtime 2011- ). After making her debut in the director's chair with the Oscar-nominated short "Tales of Meeting and Parting" (1985), Glatter's talent for powerful visual storytelling and skill with lengthy dialogue sequences was honed under the tutelage of such filmmakers as David Lynch and Steven Spielberg, who hired her to oversee episodes of their own TV efforts like "Twin Peaks" (ABC 1990-1991) and "Amazing Stories" (NBC 1985-1987). By the 1990s, Glatter was a director of choice for major series like "NYPD Blue" (ABC 1993-2005) and cult favorites like "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC 1990-1991) alike. She also dabbled in feature films, scoring a modest hit with the coming-of-age drama "Now and Then" (1994), but the majority of her work remained on the small screen. In 2009, Glatter earned Emmy and Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award nominations for an episode of "Mad Men" and a second DGA nod for a finely calibrated exercise in tension on "Homeland." Glatter's extraordinary body of work made her one of the most celebrated television directors of the late 20th century and beyond.

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Highest rated movies

100% 68% Half the Picture Watchlist
33% 82% Now and Then
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11% 50% The Proposition
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Vietnam War Story II
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Amazing Stories: The Movie V
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43% State of Emergency
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Into the Homeland
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 68% Half the Picture Self $21.6K 2018
11% 50% The Proposition Director $121.9K 1998
33% 82% Now and Then Director $27.1M 1995
No Score Yet 43% State of Emergency Director - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amazing Stories: The Movie V Director - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vietnam War Story II Director - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Into the Homeland Director - 1987

TV

Credit
63% 88% Love & Death Executive Producer 2023
51% 34% Pieces of Her Executive Producer 2022
85% 86% Homeland Executive Producer,
Director
2012-2015 2018 2020
64% 86% Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murderers Executive Producer 2017
62% 88% SIX Director 2017
91% 90% The Leftovers Director 2014
84% 85% Masters of Sex Director 2013
79% 78% The Walking Dead Director 2013
79% 85% Last Resort Director 2012
91% 73% Nashville Director 2012
100% 85% The Chicago Code Director 2011
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Director 2009-2010
94% 96% Mad Men Director 2007-2010
93% 90% The Good Wife Director 2010
90% 96% House Director 2007 2009
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Director 2009
70% 80% Weeds Director 2009
85% 77% The Unit Director 2009
43% 80% Swingtown Director 2008
83% 84% The Closer Director 2006
45% No Score Yet The Evidence Director 2006
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Director 2005
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Director 2005
81% 95% The West Wing Director 2002-2003
27% No Score Yet Presidio Med Director 2002-2003
No Score Yet 88% Gilmore Girls Director 2000-2002
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Director 1999 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Citizen Baines Director 2001
92% No Score Yet Buddy Faro Director 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brooklyn South Director 1998
83% 95% NYPD Blue Director 1994
78% 92% Twin Peaks One-Eyed Jack's Servant (Guest Star),
Director
1990-1991
100% No Score Yet Brewster Place Director 1990
No Score Yet 78% Amazing Stories Director 1986-1987