{{short description|American television director}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Leslie Libman | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = Director | years_active = 1976-present | spouse = | website = }}
'''Leslie Libman''' is an American television director. She also directed [[Television advertisement|commercial]]s and [[music video]]s.
==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 (TV series)|NCIS]]''. Other series include ''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'', ''[[Oz (TV series)|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 movie]]s - 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 (1998 film)|Brave New World]]'' (again starring Gallagher with [[Leonard Nimoy]]) for the [[USA Network]].
In 2003 she directed the [[American Broadcasting Company|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<ref name="commercial">[http://www.leslielibman.com/commercials.htm Leslie Libman, Director - Commercials]. Retrieved 2010-02-12.</ref> (among others for [[American Express]], [[Christian Dior S.A.|Christian Dior]], [[McDonald's]], [[Panasonic Corporation|Panasonic]], and [[Sony]]) and music clips<ref name="musicvideos">[http://www.leslielibman.com/music_videos.htm Leslie Libman, Director - Music videos]. Retrieved 2010-02-12.</ref> ([[Boy George]], [[The Church (band)|The Church]], [[Al Green]], [[Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers|Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers]] and more). Without Williams, she directed music videos for [[The Bangles]], [[Bee Gees]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]], [[Roy Orbison]], and [[Rod Stewart]] and others.<ref name="musicvideos"/>
==Filmography== '''TV series''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Title !! Season !! Episode title !! Episode !! Notes |- | 2021 | ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]'' |4 |"[[List of The Resident episodes#ep62|Home Before Dark]]" |62 | |- | 2017 |rowspan=7|''[[NCIS (TV series)|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 (TV series)|NCIS]]'' |8 |"Short Fuse" |3 | |- |rowspan=4|2009 |''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' |1 |"Keepin' It Real" |6 | |- |rowspan=2|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' |7 |"Good Cop, Bad Cop" |4 | |- |6 |"Caged" |12 | |- |''[[In Plain Sight]]'' |2 |"Aguna Matatala" |5 | |- |rowspan=3|2008 |''[[Knight Rider (2008 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' |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 |''[[Numb3rs]]'' |3 |"Take Out" |14 | |- |''[[The 4400]]'' |4 |"The Marked" |6 | |- |''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' |3 |"The Whole Truth" |8 | |- |rowspan=4|2006 |''[[Sleeper Cell (TV series)|Sleeper Cell]]'' |2 |"School" |6 | |- |''[[Brotherhood (2006 TV series)|Brotherhood]]'' |1 |"Samyutta 11:10" |6 | |- |rowspan=2|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' |rowspan=2|3 |"Untouchable" |20 | |- |"Deception" |13 | |- |rowspan=4|2005 |''[[Sleeper Cell (TV series)|Sleeper Cell]]'' |1 |"Family" |6 | |- |rowspan=2|''[[The 4400]]'' |rowspan=2|2 |"Carrier" |7 | |- |"Wake-Up Call" |1 | |- |''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'' |2 |"An Offer Refused" |4 | |- |rowspan=3|2004 |''[[The Wire]]'' |3 |"Homecoming" |6 | |- |''[[Keen Eddie]]'' |1 |"Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" |13 | |- |''[[Jake 2.0]]'' |1 |"Dead Man Walking" |15 | |- |2003 |''[[The Practice]]'' |8 |"The Chosen" |2 | |- |rowspan=7|2002 |''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]'' |1 |"Get Your Mack On" |9 | |- |''[[John Doe (TV series)|John Doe]]'' |1 |"Manifest Destiny" |9 | |- |''[[Without a Trace]]'' |1 |"Snatch Back" |7 | |- |''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' |2 |"Payback" |4 | |- |''[[American Dreams]]'' | |Unknown episode | | |- |''[[MDs (TV series)|MDs]]'' | |Unknown episode | | |- |''[[The Shield]]'' |1 |"Throwaway" |9 | |- |rowspan=4|2001 |''[[Oz (TV series)|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 |''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]'' | |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" | |- |"Refracted" | |- |"Familiar Bonds" | |- |"Hey Joey" | |- |"Squids" | |- |}
'''TV movies''' * ''[[Britney Ever After]]'' (2017) * ''The Extreme Team'' (2003) * ''[[Brave New World (1998 film)|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== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0508883}}
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