---
name: "Leslie Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslie-newman"
fi1m_id: "leslie-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0628174"
tmdb_id: 55279
wikidata_id: "Q6531043"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1939"
died: "1 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:16:01.174889+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leslie Newman

## Identity

Leslie Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslie-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslie-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628174
- **TMDB ID:** 55279
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6531043
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6531043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55279

Writer. Born 1 January 1939 in USA. Died 1 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1939, USA
- **Died:** 1 January 2021
- **Active:** 1980–1983
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Reeve](https://film.one/person/christopher-reeve.md), [David Newman](https://film.one/person/david-newman-6728.md), [Pierre Spengler](https://film.one/person/pierre-spengler.md), [Richard Lester](https://film.one/person/richard-lester.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6531043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628174/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55279

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Superman II*](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md) (74), [*Superman III*](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leslie Newman is an American screenwriter. She co-wrote the screenplays for the first three Superman films with her husband, David Newman: *Superman* (1978), *Superman II* (1980) and *Superman III* (1983). She also contributed the story for *Santa Claus: The Movie* (1985) and the screenplay for *Takedown* (2000).

Newman studied at the University of Michigan. She wrote the novel *Gathering Force* (1974) and the cookbook *Feasts: Menus for Home-cooked Celebrations* (1990). She was married to screenwriter David Newman from 1958 until his death in 2003; they had two children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Superman III* (1983), Fi1m 49, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md)
- *Superman II* (1980), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Screenplay
- *Takedown* (2000), Screenplay
- *Santa Claus: The Movie* (1985), Story
- *Superman III* (1983), Screenplay — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iii.md)
- *Superman II* (1980), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md)
- *Superman* (1978), Screenplay
- *The Crazy American Girl* (1977), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1979: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Superman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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