Leslie has been Director of Post Production and an Editor at Kartemquin Films for over seven engaging years. She is currently editing In the Family. Recently, she was co-editor with Steve James on the award-winning feature documentary The War Tapes. Prior to that she wore dual hats on the seven-part PBS series The New Americans as both Series Story Editor and Post Production Supervisor.
In 2004 she was a development producer for the “Odyssey Project” segment of the series-in-development The Learning Chronicles. She was a co-editor and Post Production Manager for Future/Now Films’ MC5*ATT and a Post Production Technical Advisor for the feature doc Reel Paradise. While she was Post Production Manager on the Life Stories series, she was also a Co-Editor on the “Quitting” episode. She was Post Production Manager on Stevie, Refrigerator Mothers, and 5 Girls. Leslie’s work as Assistant Editor on Vietnam Long Time Coming is what originally brought her to Kartemquin, but she also contributed additional editing to that film.
Leslie got her BA in Communication/Theater Arts (Phi Beta Kappa) from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. She did her graduate work in film at Columbia College, Chicago, where she began her long and passionate relationship with the Avid. When not in the edit room, she enjoys travel, good food and liquor, long naps on the beach, and helping animals.
The deadline for Summer internships at Kartemquin has passed. Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall.