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Lesli Klainberg

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Lesli Klainberg is a well-respected nonprofit executive and award-winning producer/director.

Since 2014, she has been the President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), one of the top nonprofit film organizations in the United States. FLC operates the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center, both of which screen films 365 days a year. It also produces the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, and many other series and retrospectives.

Lesli started at Film at Lincoln Center as the Producer of the 49th New York Film Festival in 2010 and was hired in 2011 as the Managing Director of the organization and Producer for the New York Film Festival and the annual Chaplin Award Gala.

From 2014 to 2019, she co-published Film Comment magazine, the foremost journal for film criticism and culture. Eugene Hernandez has been the sole publisher of the magazine since 2021.

Before Film at Lincoln Center, Lesli served as Executive Director of NewFest, New York City's Queer Film Festival.

As a producer, Lesli has had a long and fruitful career. She has worked on award-winning documentaries, including A Place at the Table, Beware of Ginger Baker and The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Through her company, Orchard Films, she has co-directed and co-produced documentaries such as Fabulous, The Story of Queer Cinema, In the Company of Women, and Miss America.

Lesli started her producing career with the highly praised independent film Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End. This documentary was honored with the Audience Award at the Sundance, Frameline, and Outfest film festivals. It was also shortlisted for the 1997 Academy Awards and nominated for the IDA Award for Best Documentary.

She has a passion for training and nurturing up-and-coming documentary filmmakers. She had the opportunity to serve as a Lab Leader of the prestigious IFP Documentary Film Lab from 2009 through 2011. In 2009, she was a consulting producer for the Sundance Documentary Film Program and produced the IFP Filmmaker Forum and Independent Film Week.

Lesli is a born-and-bred New Yorker and a proud recipient of a public arts education. She graduated from the High School of Music and Art (now LaGuardia HS) and received a BFA from the Film Conservatory of Purchase College, State University of New York.

Lesli has a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the Film Conservatory of Purchase College, State University of New York. She is a proud recipient of a public arts education and profoundly appreciates the power of the arts to transform lives.

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3 wins and 1 nominations

Filmography

Actor

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Dykes, Camera, Action! Poster

Dykes, Camera, Action! Documentary2018Self - Interviewee

Producer

35

Type

Year

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened Poster

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened Documentary2016

Mission Blue Poster

Mission Blue Documentary2014

A Place at the Table Poster

A Place at the Table Documentary2012

Beware of Mr. Baker Poster

Beware of Mr. Baker Documentary2012

Waiting for Hockney Poster

Waiting for Hockney Documentary2008

Indie Sex: Censored Poster

Indie Sex: Censored Documentary2007

Indie Sex: Extremes Poster

Indie Sex: Extremes Documentary2007

Indie Sex: Teens Poster

Indie Sex: Teens Documentary2007

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Documentary2006

Chasing the Crown Documentary2005

Love Files: The Anatomy of Love Documentary2005

In the Company of Women Poster

In the Company of Women Documentary2004

Are You Comfortable? TV Movie2003

Beauty in a Jar Documentary2003

Who Is Alan Smithee? Poster

Who Is Alan Smithee? Documentary2002

Indie Sex: Taboos Poster

Indie Sex: Taboos Documentary2001

The 20th Century: American Tapestry Poster

The 20th Century: American Tapestry Documentary2000

After Stonewall Poster

After Stonewall Documentary1999

Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness Poster

Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness Documentary1999

The 20th Century: From Behind Closed Doors Poster

The 20th Century: From Behind Closed Doors Documentary1999

The 20th Century: Funny Is Money Poster

The 20th Century: Funny Is Money Documentary1999

The 20th Century: In Search of the Happy Ending Poster

The 20th Century: In Search of the Happy Ending Documentary1999

The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows Poster

The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows Documentary1999

The Real Ellen Story Poster

The Real Ellen Story Documentary1997

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End Poster

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End Documentary1996

20 Years of Comedy on HBO Poster

20 Years of Comedy on HBO Documentary1995

Family Portraits Mini-Series1995

Bing! His Legendary Years TV Movie1993

Bradymania: A Very Brady Special Poster

Bradymania: A Very Brady Special TV Movie1993

Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America Poster

Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America Documentary1993

More of 'the Best of the Hollywood Palace' TV Special1993

Happy Days Reunion Special Poster

Happy Days Reunion Special TV Special1992

In the Life Poster

In the Life TV Series1992

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971

Thanks

8

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Year

The Royal Road Poster

The Royal Road Documentary2015

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Poster

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery Documentary2013

The Needle Poster

The Needle Short Film2012

Our School Poster

Our School Documentary2011

The Education of Dee Dee Ricks Poster

The Education of Dee Dee Ricks Documentary2011

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema Poster

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema Documentary2009

Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother Poster

Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother Documentary2007

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

Director

8

Indie Sex: Censored Poster

Indie Sex: Censored Documentary2007

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Documentary2006

Chasing the Crown Documentary2005

Love Files: The Anatomy of Love Documentary2005

In the Company of Women Poster

In the Company of Women Documentary2004

Beauty in a Jar Documentary2003

Who Is Alan Smithee? Poster

Who Is Alan Smithee? Documentary2002

Indie Sex: Taboos Poster

Indie Sex: Taboos Documentary2001

Production Manager

3

Type

Year

Body Count Poster

Body Count Feature Film1998

B*A*P*S Feature Film1997

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom Poster

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom Documentary1992

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

B*A*P*S Feature Film1997

ABC's 40th Anniversary TV Special1994

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Poster

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Documentary2006

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