Leslie Libman
{{short description|American television director}}
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Leslie Libman is an American television director. She also directed commercials and music videos.
Television work
Since 1995 she works primarily as a TV director on a number of television series, most notably directing multiple episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, The 4400, and NCIS. Other series include The Wire, Oz, and The Shield. For MTV she created and directed with her late husband, Larry Williams, Out of Order, a series of six original short films.
She co-directed with Larry Williams two television movies - in 1997 the HBO TV movie Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (starring Peter Gallagher and Art Malik) and the 1998 TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (again starring Gallagher with Leonard Nimoy) for the USA Network.
In 2003 she directed the ABC TV movie The Extreme Team (aka The X-Team).
Other work
Before moving to television work, Libman and Williams formed a directing team creating commercials[http://www.leslielibman.com/commercials.htm Leslie Libman, Director - Commercials]. Retrieved 2010-02-12. (among others for American Express, Christian Dior, McDonald's, Panasonic, and Sony) and music clips[http://www.leslielibman.com/music_videos.htm Leslie Libman, Director - Music videos]. Retrieved 2010-02-12. (Boy George, The Church, Al Green, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers and more). Without Williams, she directed music videos for The Bangles, Bee Gees, Chicago, Michael McDonald, Roy Orbison, and Rod Stewart and others.
Filmography
TV series
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Title !! Season !! Episode title !! Episode !! Notes |
| 2021
|4 |62 | |
| 2017
|rowspan=7|NCIS |15 |"The Numerical Limit" |19 | |
| rowspan=2|2014
|12 |"So It Goes" |3 | |
| 11
|"Bulletproof" |15 | |
| rowspan=3|2012
|10 |"Shell Shock (Part 1)" |6 | |
| rowspan=2|9
|"Secrets" |15 | |
| "A Desperate Man"
|13 | |
| 2011
|9 |"Devil's Triangle" |7 | |
| rowspan=3|2010
|rowspan=2|FlashForward |rowspan=2|1 |"The Negotiation" |20 | |
| "Course Correction"
|19 | |
| NCIS
|8 |"Short Fuse" |3 | |
| rowspan=4|2009
|1 |"Keepin' It Real" |6 | |
| rowspan=2|NCIS
|7 |"Good Cop, Bad Cop" |4 | |
| 6
|"Caged" |12 | |
| In Plain Sight
|2 |"Aguna Matatala" |5 | |
| rowspan=3|2008
|1 |"Knight of the Living Dead" |6 | |
| Numb3rs
|4 |"Atomic No. 33" |16 | |
| The L Word
|5 |"Lay Down the Law" |8 | |
| rowspan=3|2007
|3 |"Take Out" |14 | |
| The 4400
|4 |"The Marked" |6 | |
| Medium
|3 |"The Whole Truth" |8 | |
| rowspan=4|2006
|2 |"School" |6 | |
| Brotherhood
|1 |"Samyutta 11:10" |6 | |
| rowspan=2|NCIS
|rowspan=2|3 |"Untouchable" |20 | |
| "Deception"
|13 | |
| rowspan=4|2005
|1 |"Family" |6 | |
| rowspan=2|The 4400
|rowspan=2|2 |"Carrier" |7 | |
| "Wake-Up Call"
|1 | |
| Entourage
|2 |"An Offer Refused" |4 | |
| rowspan=3|2004
|3 |"Homecoming" |6 | |
| Keen Eddie
|1 |"Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" |13 | |
| Jake 2.0
|1 |"Dead Man Walking" |15 | |
| 2003
|8 |"The Chosen" |2 | |
| rowspan=7|2002
|1 |"Get Your Mack On" |9 | |
| John Doe
|1 |"Manifest Destiny" |9 | |
| Without a Trace
|1 |"Snatch Back" |7 | |
| Crossing Jordan
|2 |"Payback" |4 | |
| American Dreams
| |Unknown episode | | |
| MDs
| |Unknown episode | | |
| The Shield
|1 |"Throwaway" |9 | |
| rowspan=4|2001
|Oz |4 |"Blizzard of '01" |13 | |
| rowspan=2|Gideon's Crossing
|rowspan=2|1 |"Prodigal Dad" |15 | |
| "Hinkytown"
|11 | |
| The Division
|1 |"Seduced and Abandoned" |3 | |
| 2000
| |Unknown episode | | |
| rowspan=2|1998
|rowspan=4|Homicide: Life on the Street |7 |"Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" |3 |rowspan=10|Co-directed with Larry Williams |
| 6
|"Closet Cases" |9 |
| 1997
|5 |"Partners and Other Strangers" |21 |
| rowspan=7|1996
|4 |"Full Moon" |17 |
| rowspan=6|Out of Order
|rowspan=6|1 |"Strange Habit" | |
| "Stable for Transfer"
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| "Refracted"
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| "Familiar Bonds"
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| "Hey Joey"
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| "Squids"
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TV movies
- Britney Ever After (2017)
- The Extreme Team (2003)
- Brave New World (1998) (Co-directed with Larry Williams)
- Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (Co-directed with Larry Williams)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0508883}}
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Category:American television directors
Category:American music video directors
Category:American women television directors
Category:Television commercial directors