---
name: "Matti Leshem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matti-leshem"
fi1m_id: "matti-leshem"
imdb_id: "nm1105713"
tmdb_id: 1642831
wikidata_id: "Q6791700"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:35:36.504212+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."
---

# Matti Leshem

## Identity

Matti Leshem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matti-leshem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matti-leshem
- **IMDb ID:** nm1105713
- **TMDB ID:** 1642831
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6791700
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Leshem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6791700, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642831

Producer. Born 2 January 1963 in Israel.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 January 1963, Israel
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Leshem, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6791700, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642831

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Shallows*](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Matti Leshem is an Israeli-American film and television producer. He co-founded Weimaraner Republic Pictures with his wife, Lynn Harris, in 2014, and New Mandate Films, which focuses on Jewish history and literature.

Leshem produced *The Shallows* (2016) for Sony Pictures and *The Survivor* (2021), directed by Barry Levinson. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MFA in film directing from the American Film Institute. He has served on the board of American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic and received a Primetime Emmy nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Shallows* (2016), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
- *The Commandant's Shadow* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Survivor* (2022), Producer
- *The Shallows* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shallows.md)
- *Skins* (1997), Thanks
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Cop
- *Jagged Edge*, Producer

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