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Lesli Linka Glatter (born July 26, 1953) is an American film and television director. She is best known for her work on the
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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
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". Her first film, ''Tales of Meeting and Parting'' (1984), produced by
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, 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
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, for the ''
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'' episode "
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" (2009), and the ''
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'' 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
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'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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.


Partial filmography

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