Matti Leshem

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Matti Leshem
Born (1963-01-02) January 2, 1963 (age 62)
Alma mater Sarah Lawrence College
American Film Institute
OccupationFilm producer
Spouse
Lynn Harris
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(m. 2009)​

Matti Leshem is an Israeli-American film and TV producer.

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Early life

Leshem was born to Jewish parents, Alyssa Leshem, a skincare specialist of Boca Raton and Moshe Leshem, an Israeli diplomat. [1] His father was also a Holocaust survivor and as a diplomat held missions in Zaire and Denmark. [1] [2] His father also served as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations. During this period, Leshem attended Ramaz School, a prestigious Modern Orthodox school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [3]

Leshem later earned a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College, and a master’s degree in directing from the American Film Institute. [1]

Career

Leshem is the co-founder of New Mandate Films, an American film and television production company focused on Jewish history and literature. [4]

In 2014, with his wife Lynn Harris, he co-founded Weimaraner Republic Pictures, a film, TV and digital production company. [5]

He was a producer on the Barry Levinson 2021 film, The Survivor , along with business partner and friend Joel Greenberg, who was an executive producer. [6]

Leshem created Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints , an eight-part docudrama TV series, with Martin Scorsese narrating the lives of eight Christian saints, and Leshem producing. [7]

Personal life

In 2009, Leshem, then a "marketing executive" married Lynn Harris, a film executive, at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in Palm Springs, California, with Rabbi Sharon Brous officiating. [1] In November 2023 in Los Angeles, they hosted a delegation of Israeli survivors of the October 7 attacks and the families of hostages. [8]

His cousin's two adult children were killed at the Nova music festival massacre in Israel. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lynn Harris, Matti Leshem". The New York Times. April 4, 2009. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ Nechin, Etan (17 December 2024). How a Jewish-Israeli Producer Ended Up Working With Scorsese on a TV Show About Saints Haaretz. Retrieved on 9 December 2025
  3. ↑ (26 November 2024). Israeli Producer Matti Leshem Teams Up with Martin Scorsese to Create “The Saints” on Fox Nation Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 9 December 2025
  4. ↑ "Matti Leshem". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 2, 2014). "Ex-WB Exec Lynn Harris Launches Weimaraner With Husband Matti Leshem". Deadline. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "'The Survivor': The long road to bring Harry Haft's story to the screen". The Jerusalem Post . April 28, 2022. ISSN   0792-822X . Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ Lobell, Kylie Ora (November 26, 2024). "Israeli Producer Matti Leshem Teams Up with Martin Scorsese to Create "The Saints" on Fox Nation". Jewish Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Goodyear, Dana (November 11, 2023). "L.A. Hosts a Delegation of Survivors from Israel and Families of Hostages". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved January 18, 2025.
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