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
(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.