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Mimi Leder (Miriam Leder) was born on 26 January, 1952 in New York City, U.S., is an American film/television director and producer (born 1952). Discover Mimi Leder's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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Miriam Leder |
Occupation |
Film director, film producer, script supervisor |
Age |
72 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
Born |
26 January 1952 |
Birthday |
26 January |
Birthplace |
New York City, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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Mimi Leder Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mimi Leder's Husband?
Her husband is Gary Werntz
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Husband |
Gary Werntz |
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Children |
Hannah Leder |
Mimi Leder Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mimi Leder worth at the age of 72 years old? Mimi Leder’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. She is from United States. We have estimated Mimi Leder's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Film director |
Mimi Leder Social Network
Timeline
Miriam Leder ( born January 26, 1952) is an American film and television director and producer; she is noted for her action films and use of special effects.
Miriam Leder was born in New York City in 1952, the daughter of Etyl, a classical pianist, and Paul Leder, a director, producer, actor, writer, and editor of films including My Friends Need Killing, Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla, and Dismember Mama. Leder grew up in Los Angeles in a Jewish household.
Her mother is a Holocaust survivor from Brussels, Belgium who is an Auschwitz survivor.
During childhood, her father, a low-budget independent filmmaker, introduced Mimi and her siblings to film production.
Her father often dropped her off at the cinema to watch the latest films.
Leder said that one of the early films which had an impact on her was Federico Fellini's 8½. She was the first woman accepted into the AFI Conservatory, where she studied cinematography.
She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory, in 1973.
She has been nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning two.
Leder began her career as a script supervisor on a string of films, including Spawn of the Slithis (1978), Dummy (1979), The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980), and A Long Way Home (1980) and then moved to the TV series Hill Street Blues (1981).
After making the short film Short Order Dreams, written and funded by her father Paul, she screened it for Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, and his friend Gregory Hoblit who hired her to direct an episode of L.A. Law.
In 1988, Leder directed episodes of Crime Story, The Bronx Zoo, Midnight Caller, then directed several episodes of China Beach (1988–91) for which she was nominated for four Emmys.
She made the made-for-TV films Woman with a Past (1992), House of Secrets (1993), and Baby Brokers (1994), then became one of the core directors for ER (1994–2009).
The show earned her Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 1995 and 1996.
She has directed the films The Peacemaker (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Pay It Forward (2000), and On the Basis of Sex (2018).
She soon received a job offer from Steven Spielberg to direct the film The Peacemaker (1997).
Continuing to work for DreamWorks, she directed Deep Impact (1998) and Pay It Forward (2000) while simultaneously creating Sentimental Journey (1999), a personal love story about her parents.
When asked for a reaction about her film Deep Impact (1998) vs. a rival movie release at the same time Armageddon (1998), she responded: “Michael Bay did come to my premiere, which really shocked me.
And I can tell you that after—after [seeing] my film—he went and reshot the end of his.” After making Pay It Forward Leder went through a period where she wasn't hired to direct any feature films.
“Most women who don’t have commercial success are not asked back to the party.
It did not hurt me in television, but it did in features.” Leder felt as though she had been put into a "movie jail" by Hollywood for the lack of success of Pay It Forward.
Leder's dry spell of feature films after the release of Pay It Forward drove her to other pursuits in television and film.
She shot nine pilots and produced six series, including The Beast (2001), John Doe (2002), Johnny Zero (2005), and Vanished (2006).
She returned to direct an episode of the series during its final season in 2009.
Leder also made many made-for-TV movies such as Thick as Thieves (2009), U.S. Attorney (2009), and Heavenly (2011).
In 2015, Leder was brought by HBO to direct a first-season episode of The Leftovers and later hired as a co-showrunner.
Leder's feature film On the Basis of Sex, the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's path to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was released in December 2018.
It was Leder's first theatrical feature in 18 years.
Leder has a daughter, Hannah, with her husband actor Gary Werntz.
Mimi Leder has said she "was raised a feminist" and "was an anti-war protester all during the Vietnam War."