Mimi Leder

Career Overview

Mimi Leder has 34 screen credits in a career dating back to 1975. Signature works include Deep Impact, The Peacemaker, On the Basis of Sex. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

34

Birth Date

1952-01-26

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Deep Impact
• 

  The Peacemaker
• 

  On the Basis of Sex
• 

  Pay It Forward
• 

  Thick as Thieves
• 

  The Innocent

Frequent Collaborators

• Gary Werntz (5 collaborations)
• Hannah Leder (3 collaborations)
• Leslie Dilley (3 collaborations)
• Morgan Freeman (2 collaborations)
• Aleksandr Baluev (2 collaborations)
• Charles Dumas (2 collaborations)
• Frank Whiteman (2 collaborations)
• Francis X. McCarthy (2 collaborations)
• Marcel Iureș (2 collaborations)
• Carlos Gómez (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (27 credits)

  • The Goree Girls

    director

    directing
    2026
  • The Morning Show

    - Knowing Violation (2025) ... director directing

    - Un Bel Di (2025) ... director directing

    - The Revolution Will Be Televised (2025) ... director directing

    - My Roman Empire (2025) ... director directing

    - The Overview Effect (2023) ... director directing
    2019
  • On the Basis of Sex

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Leftovers

    - The Book of Nora (2017) ... director directing

    - Crazy Whitefella Thinking (2017) ... director directing

    - The Book of Kevin (2017) ... director directing

    - I Live Here Now (2015) ... director directing

    - A Most Powerful Adversary (2015) ... director directing
    2014
  • Almost Human

    - Perception (2014) ... director directing
    2013
  • Smash

    - The Dress Rehearsal (2013) ... director directing

    - The Workshop (2012) ... director directing
    2012
  • Nashville

    - Lovesick Blues (2012) ... director directing
    2012
  • Shameless

    - Drugs Actually (2015) ... director directing

    - Hope Springs Paternal (2014) ... director directing

    - My Oldest Daughter (2014) ... director directing

    - A Long Way from Home (2013) ... director directing

    - A Great Cause (2012) ... director directing
    2011
  • The Quinn-tuplets

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Human Target

    - The Wife's Tale (2010) ... director directing
    2010
  • Thick as Thieves

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Pay It Forward

    director

    directing
    2000
  • The West Wing

    - Election Day (1) (2006) ... director directing
    1999
  • Deep Impact

    director

    directing
    1998
  • The Peacemaker

    director

    directing
    1997
  • The Innocent

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Baby Brokers

    director

    directing
    1994
  • ER

    - A Long, Strange Trip (2009) ... director directing

    - The Healers (1996) ... director directing

    - A Miracle Happens Here (1995) ... director directing

    - Days Like This (1995) ... director directing

    - Welcome Back Carter! (1995) ... director directing
    1994
  • House of Secrets

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Rio Shannon

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Marked for Murder

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Woman With a Past

    director

    directing
    1992
  • A Little Piece of Heaven

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Nightingales

    director

    directing
    1988
  • L.A. Law

    - Oy Vey! Wilderness! (1987) ... director directing

    - Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover (1987) ... director directing
    1986
  • Sketches of a Strangler

    assistant director

    directing
    1978
  • Red Light in the White House

    assistant director

    directing
    1977

• production (4 credits)

  • The Morning Show

    executive producer

    production

    - Knowing Violation (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Un Bel Di (2025) ... executive producer production

    - The Parent Trap (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Person of Interest (2025) ... executive producer production

    - If Then (2025) ... executive producer production
    2019
  • The Leftovers

    executive producer

    production

    - The Book of Nora (2017) ... executive producer production

    - The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother) (2017) ... executive producer production

    - Certified (2017) ... executive producer production

    - It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World (2017) ... executive producer production

    - G'Day Melbourne (2017) ... executive producer production
    2014
  • Baltic Storm

    executive producer

    production
    2003
  • ER

    - The Honeymoon is Over (2007) ... producer production

    - Sea Change (2007) ... producer production

    - I Don't (2007) ... producer production

    - Lights Out (2007) ... producer production

    - Family Business (2007) ... producer production
    1994

• actors (1 credits)

  • The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016

• crew (1 credits)

  • All Day Long

    cinematography

    crew
    1975

• camera (1 credits)

  • All Day Long

    director of photography

    camera
    1975