# Leslie Libman

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American television director

Leslie Libman Occupation Director Years active 1976-present

**Leslie Libman** is an American television director. She also directed [commercials](/source/Television_advertisement) and [music videos](/source/Music_video).

## Television work

Since 1995 she works primarily as a TV director on a number of [television series](/source/Television_series), most notably directing multiple episodes of *[Homicide: Life on the Street](/source/Homicide%3A_Life_on_the_Street)*, *[The 4400](/source/The_4400),* and *[NCIS](/source/NCIS_(TV_series))*. Other series include *[The Wire](/source/The_Wire_(TV_series))*, *[Oz](/source/Oz_(TV_series)),* and *[The Shield](/source/The_Shield)*. For [MTV](/source/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](/source/Television_movie) - in 1997 the [HBO](/source/HBO) TV movie *[Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing](/source/Path_to_Paradise%3A_The_Untold_Story_of_the_World_Trade_Center_Bombing)* (starring [Peter Gallagher](/source/Peter_Gallagher) and [Art Malik](/source/Art_Malik)) and the 1998 TV adaptation of [Aldous Huxley](/source/Aldous_Huxley)'s *[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(1998_film))* (again starring Gallagher with [Leonard Nimoy](/source/Leonard_Nimoy)) for the [USA Network](/source/USA_Network).

In 2003 she directed the [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) 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[1] (among others for [American Express](/source/American_Express), [Christian Dior](/source/Christian_Dior_S.A.), [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's), [Panasonic](/source/Panasonic_Corporation), and [Sony](/source/Sony)) and music clips[2] ([Boy George](/source/Boy_George), [The Church](/source/The_Church_(band)), [Al Green](/source/Al_Green), [Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers](/source/Ziggy_Marley_and_the_Melody_Makers) and more). Without Williams, she directed music videos for [The Bangles](/source/The_Bangles), [Bee Gees](/source/Bee_Gees), [Chicago](/source/Chicago_(band)), [Michael McDonald](/source/Michael_McDonald_(singer)), [Roy Orbison](/source/Roy_Orbison), and [Rod Stewart](/source/Rod_Stewart) and others.[2]

## Filmography

**TV series**

Year Title Season Episode title Episode Notes 2021 The Resident 4 "Home Before Dark" 62 2017 NCIS 15 "The Numerical Limit" 19 2014 12 "So It Goes" 3 11 "Bulletproof" 15 2012 10 "Shell Shock (Part 1)" 6 9 "Secrets" 15 "A Desperate Man" 13 2011 9 "Devil's Triangle" 7 2010 FlashForward 1 "The Negotiation" 20 "Course Correction" 19 NCIS 8 "Short Fuse" 3 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles 1 "Keepin' It Real" 6 NCIS 7 "Good Cop, Bad Cop" 4 6 "Caged" 12 In Plain Sight 2 "Aguna Matatala" 5 2008 Knight Rider 1 "Knight of the Living Dead" 6 Numb3rs 4 "Atomic No. 33" 16 The L Word 5 "Lay Down the Law" 8 2007 Numb3rs 3 "Take Out" 14 The 4400 4 "The Marked" 6 Medium 3 "The Whole Truth" 8 2006 Sleeper Cell 2 "School" 6 Brotherhood 1 "Samyutta 11:10" 6 NCIS 3 "Untouchable" 20 "Deception" 13 2005 Sleeper Cell 1 "Family" 6 The 4400 2 "Carrier" 7 "Wake-Up Call" 1 Entourage 2 "An Offer Refused" 4 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 2002 Fastlane 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 2001 Oz 4 "Blizzard of '01" 13 Gideon's Crossing 1 "Prodigal Dad" 15 "Hinkytown" 11 The Division 1 "Seduced and Abandoned" 3 2000 The Beat Unknown episode 1998 Homicide: Life on the Street 7 "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" 3 Co-directed with Larry Williams 6 "Closet Cases" 9 1997 5 "Partners and Other Strangers" 21 1996 4 "Full Moon" 17 Out of Order 1 "Strange Habit" "Stable for Transfer" "Refracted" "Familiar Bonds" "Hey Joey" "Squids"

**TV movies**

- *[Britney Ever After](/source/Britney_Ever_After)* (2017)

- *The Extreme Team* (2003)

- *[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(1998_film))* (1998) (Co-directed with Larry Williams)

- *[Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing](/source/Path_to_Paradise%3A_The_Untold_Story_of_the_World_Trade_Center_Bombing)* (1997) (Co-directed with Larry Williams)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-commercial_1-0)** [Leslie Libman, Director - Commercials](http://www.leslielibman.com/commercials.htm). Retrieved 2010-02-12.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-musicvideos_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-musicvideos_2-1) [Leslie Libman, Director - Music videos](http://www.leslielibman.com/music_videos.htm). Retrieved 2010-02-12.

## External links

- [Leslie Libman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508883/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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