Leslie Urdang

Her two younger sisters also have many credits in the Hollywood film industry.

Urdang graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 1981. After graduation, she, Mark Linn-Baker and Max Mayer co-founded New York Stage and Film as an institution for professional playwrights, directors, actors, and designers, as well apprentices, to live and work together to move their plays to Broadway and theaters throughout the nation. Some of these projects include the Tony Award winning plays Sideman and Tru, and most recently John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning Doubt. Urdang continues to be a Producing Director of the institution.

Urdang was a producer for Robert Redford's company 'Wildwood Enterprises' and for Gary Ross' 'Larger Than Life Productions'. At both companies she developed several projects including the Walter Salles directed The Motorcycle Diaries.

With partners Michael Nozik and Michael Hoffman, Urdang founded 'Serenade Films' as an independent film company designed to produce a slate of low budget production. Serenade produced Michael Cuesta's Twelve and Holding (2006 Independent Spirit Awards 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 Narrows. Read Less