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Lesli Linka Glatter
Glatter in 2015
Born	(1953-07-26) July 26, 1953 (age 65)
Occupation	Television director
Nationality	American
Notable works	Twin Peaks Mad Men Homeland

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

Life and career

Glatter was born in Dallas, Texas to Jewish parents.^[1] She began her career as a dancer and choreographer. Her early choreography credits include William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A and the music video for Sheila E.'s "The Glamorous Life".^[2][3]

Her first film, Tales of Meeting and Parting (1984), produced by Sharon Oreck, was nominated for an Academy Award in the Live Action Short Film category.^[4] She made the film as part of the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women, of which she is an alumna.

In 1995, Glatter directed her first feature film Now and Then.^[5] 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 four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for the Mad Men episode "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009), and the Homeland episodes "Q&A" (2012), "From A to B and Back Again" (2014) and "The Tradition of Hospitality" (2015).^[6]

In 2018 it was announced that Glatter would serve as chair on the advisory council for NBC's Female Forward. An annual initiative to give ten women directors the opportunity to shadow a director on one of NBC'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.^[7]

Glatter is married to Clayton Campbell, a visual artist and consultant. The couple has one child and currently reside in Los Angeles.^[8]

Partial filmography

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  Tales of Meeting and Parting (with Sharon Oreck) (1984) (Short) (Nominated for an Academy Award)


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  Amazing Stories (1986) (TV)


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  Brewster Place (1990) (TV)


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  Twin Peaks (1990–1991) (TV)


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  On the Air (1992) (TV)


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  Black Tie Affair (1992) (TV)


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  Birdland (1994) (TV)


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  NYPD Blue (1994) (TV)


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  Now and Then (1995)


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  Murder One (1996) (TV)


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  Brooklyn South (1998) (TV)


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  Buddy Faro (1998) (TV)


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  The Proposition (1998)


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  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2001) (TV)


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  Citizen Baines (2000) (TV)


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  Freaks and Geeks (2000) (TV)


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  Gilmore Girls (2000–2001) (TV)


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  Third Watch (2001) (TV)


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  Presidio Med (2002) (TV)


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  The O.C. (2005) (TV)


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  Numb3rs (2005) (TV)


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  Jonny Zero (2005) (TV)


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  Revelations (2005) (TV)


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  Grey's Anatomy (2005) (TV)


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  The West Wing (2002–2006) (TV)


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  Heroes (2007) (TV)


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  Swingtown (2008) (TV)


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  The Starter Wife (2008) (TV)


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  ER (1995–2008) (TV)


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  The Unit (2009) (TV)


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  Weeds (2009) (TV)


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  The Mentalist (2009) (TV)


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  House M.D. (2007–2009) (TV)


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  Mad Men (2007–2010) (TV)


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  The Good Wife (2010) (TV)


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  Lie to Me (2010) (TV)


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  Pretty Little Liars (2010–2012) (TV)


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  The Chicago Code (2011) (TV)


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  True Blood (2011) (TV)


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  The Newsroom (2012) (TV)


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  Homeland (2012–present) (TV)


• 
  Six (2017) (TV)

Awards

• 2009: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
  


• 2016: Dorothy Arzner Directors Award winner^[9]

References

External links

• 
  Lesli Linka Glatter on IMDb


• 
  Lesli Linka Glatter at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television