Lesli Linka Glatter is a Director of film, network, premium cable and streaming television drama, with both pilots and episodes to her credit and currently serves as the President of the Directors Guild of America. Lesli’s TV work includes Zero Day, Homeland, Love and Death, The Morning Show, The Newsroom, and The Walking Dead,. Lesli has also directed numerous pilots including Gilmore Girls, Pretty Little Liars and SIX. Her films include Now and Then, The Proposition and for HBO, State of Emergency.

Lesli has been a Producing Director for the last 25 years. She is currently an Executive Producer and Director on Apple’s limited series, Imperfect Women, which was created by Annie Weisman and is currently in production. Imperfect Women stars Kerry Washington, Elisabeth Moss, and Kate Mara. She began her directing career through the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, in which her film Tales of Meeting and Parting was nominated for an Oscar. Lesli has been nominated for 8 Director’s Guild of America (“DGA”) Awards, winning her third DGA Award for directing the Homeland series finale, having won twice before for Mad Men and Homeland.

Lesli also serves on the Executive Committee of the Directors Branch of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lesli is an advisor at the Sundance Institute’s Director’s Lab and has been committed to mentoring for many years and helped develop the successful NBC program, Female Forward.