Leslie Morgenstein

'''Leslie Morgenstein''' is the President and Founder of Alloy Entertainment, a creator and producer of books, television, and film. The Los Angeles and New York–based production company officially became part of Warner Bros. Television Group in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2012-06-11 |title=Warner Bros TV Group Acquires Alloy Entertainment |url=https://deadline.com/2012/06/warner-bros-tv-group-acquires-alloy-entertainment-284711/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Morgenstein previously served as President of the company's predecessor, 17th Street Productions, Inc. starting in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milliot {{!}} |first=Jim |title=PW: Internet Company Buys 17th Street Productions |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20000117/31338-pw-internet-company-buys-17th-street-productions.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref> He has been credited with facilitating the adaptation of a number of book titles into television series. Examples include ''Gossip Girl'', ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Pretty Little Liars'', and ''The 100''.<ref name="NYT Pulse">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/arts/television/leslie-morgensteins-recipe-for-lying-game-gossip-girl.html?WT.mc_id=AR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M217-ROS-0911-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click | title=His Finger on the Pulse of What Girls Watch | work=The New York Times | date=September 4, 2011 | accessdate=August 25, 2011 | author=Ari Karpel}}</ref> Morgenstein has also been involved in feature film projects, credited as an executive producer on the ''Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' series<ref name="Variety">{{cite web | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026030 | title=Leslie Morgenstein: Booking shows for teens | publisher=Variety | date=October 22, 2010 | accessdate=September 4, 2011 | author=Carrol, Lisa}}</ref> and as a producer on Netflix's ''Purple Hearts.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2021-08-04 |title=Nicholas Galitzine Joins Alloy Entertainment's Sofia Carson 'Purple Hearts' Pic With Netflix Taking Global Rights |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/netflix-sofia-carson-nicholas-galitzine-movie-purple-hearts-1234808937/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Morgenstein is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karpel |first=Ari |date=2011-08-25 |title=His Finger on the Pulse of What Girls Watch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/arts/television/leslie-morgensteins-recipe-for-lying-game-gossip-girl.html |access-date=2026-05-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=reports |first=Staff |date=2011-08-31 |title=The man behind girl pop culture |url=https://bendbulletin.com/2011/08/31/the-man-behind-girl-pop-culture/ |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=The Bulletin |language=en}}</ref> He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a degree in Writing and Photography. He also has an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business and completed his master's work in English and Creative Writing at City College of New York.

== Career == Morgenstein produces or executive produces Alloy Entertainment's television series and feature films. He has produced more than twenty series, including current series ''You'', ''Gossip Girl'', and ''Legacies''.

In features, Morgenstein's credits include ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I & II'', ''Work It'', ''Everything, Everything'', ''Good Girls Get High'', and ''The Sun Is Also a Star''. Morgenstein most recently produced the Netflix film ''Purple Hearts'', based on the Alloy Entertainment novel of the same name. ''Purple Hearts'' stars Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine, and is the 8th most popular film on Netflix of all time. It was the first film of 2022 on the platform to break 100 million hours viewed in a single week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bean |first=Travis |title='Purple Hearts' Quietly Became One Of Netflix's Most Successful Movies Ever |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2022/08/26/purple-hearts-quietly-became-one-of-netflixs-most-successful-movies-ever/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

Via Alloy's publishing division, Morgenstein oversees the creation and production of approximately twenty titles a year. The company has had more than eighty New York Times Best Sellers including ''Everything, Everything'', ''American Royals'', ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'', and ''Frankly in Love''.

==Filmography== === Film === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !rowspan="2" scope="col"|Title !rowspan="2" scope="col"|Year !colspan="2" scope="col"|Credited as !rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes |- !Producer !Executive<br />Producer |- !scope=row|''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' |2005 |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' |2008 |{{no}} |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Sex Drive'' |2008 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''The Clique'' |2008 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Everything, Everything'' |2017 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Good Girls Get High'' |2018 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''The Sun Is Also a Star'' |2019 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Work It'' |2020 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''Purple Hearts''<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Nicholas Galitzine Joins Alloy Entertainment's Sofia Carson 'Purple Hearts' Pic With Netflix Taking Global Rights |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/netflix-sofia-carson-nicholas-galitzine-movie-purple-hearts-1234808937/ |access-date=September 16, 2021 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 4, 2021}}</ref> |2022 |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- !scope=row|''You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah'' |2023 |{{Yes}} |{{No}} | |- !scope=row|''Tarot'' |2024 |{{Yes}} |{{No}} | |} {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} |Denotes films that have not yet been released |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !rowspan="2" scope="col"|Title !rowspan="2" scope="col"|Year !colspan="1" scope="col"|Credited as !rowspan="2" scope="col"|Network !rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes |- !Executive<br />producer |- !scope=row|''Gossip Girl'' |2007–12 |{{yes}} |The CW | |- !scope=row|''Samurai Girl'' |2008 |{{yes}} |ABC Family |Miniseries |- !scope=row|''Privileged'' |2008 |{{yes}} |The CW |"Pilot" |- !scope=row|''Private'' |2009 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''The Vampire Diaries'' |2009–17 |{{yes}} |The CW | |- !scope=row|''Pretty Little Liars'' |2010–17 |{{yes}} |ABC Family<br />Freeform | |- !scope=row|''Huge'' |2010 |{{yes}} |ABC Family | |- !scope=row|''First Day'' |2010–11 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''Hollywood Is Like High School with Money'' |2010 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''Talent'' |2011 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' |2011 |{{yes}} |rowspan="2"|ABC Family | |- !scope=row|''The Lying Game'' |2011–13 |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Wendy'' |2011 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''The Secret Circle'' |2011–12 |{{yes}} |The CW | |- !scope=row|''Dating Rules from My Future Self'' |2012 |{{yes}} | |Web series |- !scope=row|''Frenemies'' |2012 |{{yes}} |Disney Channel |Television film |- !scope=row|''How to Rock'' |2012 |{{yes}} |Nickelodeon | |- !scope=row|''666 Park Avenue'' |2012–13 |{{yes}} |ABC | |- !scope=row|''The Originals'' |2013–18 |{{yes}} |The CW | |- !scope=row|''Ravenswood'' |2013–14 |{{yes}} |ABC Family | |- !scope=row|''The 100'' |2014–20 |{{yes}} |rowspan="2"|The CW | |- !scope=row|''Significant Mother'' |2015 |{{yes}} | |- !scope=row|''Life After First Failure'' |2017 |{{yes}} |CW Seed |Web series |- !scope=row|''You'' |2018–25 |{{yes}} |Lifetime<br />Netflix | |- !scope=row|''Legacies'' |2018–22 |{{yes}} |rowspan="2"|The CW | |- !scope=row|''The End of the World As We Know It'' |2018 |{{yes}} |Unaired pilot |- !scope=row|''Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists'' |2019 |{{yes}} |Freeform | |- !scope=row|''Gossip Girl'' |2021–23 |{{yes}} |rowspan="2"|HBO Max | |- |''Pretty Little Liars''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |date=September 1, 2021 |title='Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin': Carson Rowland, Jordan Gonzalez Among 5 To Recur In HBO Max Reboot |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/pretty-little-liars-original-sin-carson-rowland-jordan-gonzalez-5-recur-hbo-max-reboot-1234825689/ |access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref> |2022–24 |{{yes}} | |} {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Television series that have not yet been aired}} |Denotes television series that have not yet been aired |}

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