Leslie Urdang
President, Producer
Leslie Urdang founded Serenade Films, an independent film company designed to produce a slate of low budget with partners Michael Nozik and Michael Hoffman. Serenade produced Michael Cuesta's TWELVE AND HOLDING (2006 Independent Spirit Award nominee), THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony Shalhoub, Edie Falco, and Stephen Colbert, Michael Hoffman's GAME 6 with Michael Keaton and Robert Downey, Jr., and the soon to be released THE NARROWS. Some of Leslie's other producing credits include A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, ME AND VERONICA starring Elizabeth McGovern and Patricia Wettig, PEOPLE I KNOW starring Al Pacino and Olympus Pictures' Adam starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne.
Leslie was a producer for Robert Redford's company Wildwood Enterprises and for Gary Ross' Larger Than Life At both companies she developed several projects including the Walter Salles directed MOTORCYCLE DIARIES.
Leslie founded and continues to be a Producing Director of New York Stage and Film where for over 20 years she has developed and produced the works of hundreds of artists and moved plays to Broadway and theaters throughout the nation. Some of these include the Tony Award winning plays SIDEMAN and TRU, and most recently John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning DOUBT.