Matti Leshem is an American film and TV producer.
Leshem is the co-founder of New Mandate Films, an American film and television production company focused on Jewish history and literature.
He is the son of Moshe Leshem, who was Israel's ambassador to Zaire and Denmark, and Alyssa Leshem of Boca Raton, Florida, who was a skin-care specialist there.
Lesham earned a bachelor’s degree from
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York, United States. Founded as a Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in 1926, Sarah Lawrence College has been coeducational ...
, and a master’s degree in directing from the
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...
.
In 2014, with his wife Lynn Harris, he co-founded Weimaraner Republic Pictures, a film, TV and digital production company.
He was a producer on the
Barry Levinson
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Rain Man'' (1988). His other best-known works are ''Diner'' (1982), '' The Natural'' (1984 ...
2021 film, ''
The Survivor'', along with business partner and friend
Joel Greenberg, who was an executive producer.
Lesham created ''
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints'', an eight-part docudrama TV series, with
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese, many accolades, including an Academ ...
narrating the lives of eight Christian saints, and Lesham producing.
In 2009, Leshem, then a "marketing executive" married Lynn Harris, a film executive, at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in Palm Springs, California, with Rabbi Sharon Brous officiating.
In November 2023 in Los Angeles, they hosted a delegation of Israeli survivors of the Hamas terrorist attacks and families of the hostages being held in Gaza.
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Living people
American film producers
Sarah Lawrence College alumni
AFI Conservatory alumni