---
name: "Mimi Leder"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mimi-leder"
fi1m_id: "mimi-leder"
imdb_id: "nm0001460"
tmdb_id: 51984
wikidata_id: "Q268881"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "26 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:43.142270+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."
---

# Mimi Leder

## Identity

Mimi Leder

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mimi-leder
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mimi-leder
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001460
- **TMDB ID:** 51984
- **Wikidata ID:** Q268881
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Leder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51984

Director. Born 26 January 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 26 January 1952, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2019
- **Also known as:** Miriam Leder , Miriam Mimi Leder
- **Frequently works with:** [Lesli Linka Glatter](https://film.one/person/lesli-linka-glatter.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Jessica Yu](https://film.one/person/jessica-yu.md), [John Wells](https://film.one/person/john-wells.md), [Julie Hébert](https://film.one/person/julie-hebert.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md), [Paul McCrane](https://film.one/person/paul-mccrane.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (2), 2010s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Leder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51984

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Leftovers*](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md) (87), [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Nashville*](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Mimi Leder is an American film and television director and producer. Born Miriam Leder on 26 January 1952 in New York City, she was the first woman to graduate from the AFI Conservatory, in 1973.

She began directing episodic television in the late 1980s, with credits including *L.A. Law*, *China Beach* and *ER*, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards. Her feature films include *The Peacemaker* (1997), *Deep Impact* (1998), *Pay It Forward* (2000) and *On the Basis of Sex* (2018). She has also directed episodes of *The West Wing*, *The Leftovers*, *Shameless* and *The Morning Show*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Nashville* (2012), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *On the Basis of Sex* (2018), Director
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Director, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, Director
- *Nashville* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Smash* (2012), series, Director
- *Luck* (2012), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Human Target* (2010), series, Director
- *The Quinn-tuplets* (2010), Director
- *Thick as Thieves* (2009), Director
- *Vanished* (2006), series, Director, Producer
- *Related* (2005), series, Director
- *Jonny Zero* (2005), series, Director, Producer
- *Baltic Storm* (2003), Executive Producer
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Director, Producer
- *The Beast* (2001), series, Director
- *Pay It Forward* (2000), Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Deep Impact* (1998), Director
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), Director
- *The Innocent* (1994), Director
- *ER* (1994), series, Director, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Baby Brokers* (1994), Director
- *House of Secrets* (1993), Director
- *Rio Shannon* (1993), Director
- *There Was a Little Boy* (1993), Director
- *Marked for Murder* (1993), Director
- *Woman With a Past* (1992), Director
- *A Little Piece of Heaven* (1991), Director
- *Nightingales* (1989), series, Director
- *Midnight Caller* (1988), series, Director
- *Nightingales* (1988), Director
- *China Beach* (1988), series, Director, Producer
- *A Year in the Life* (1987), series, Director
- *The Bronx Zoo* (1987), series, Director
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, Director
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, Director
- *Sketches of a Strangler* (1978), Assistant Director
- *Red Light in the White House* (1977), Assistant Director, Script Supervisor
- *All Day Long* (1975), Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Mimi Leder](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-4133d90a0588.jpg) Mimi Leder — Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu in New York City, Georgia, on Saturday, May 21, 2016, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Mimi_Leder_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_The_Leftovers.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-0c81e1f3c18f.jpg) This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-567b1538875c.jpg) This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-8bb1aeb141f8.jpg) This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof%2C_May_2016_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mimi Leder](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-6837ff9bf2b0.jpg) Mimi Leder — Image via TMDB
- ![This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-15d4c0c92d96.jpg) This photo includes Actors Justin Theroux and Ann Dowd, Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, Co-Creator/Executive Producer Tom Perrotta and Showrunner Damon  (2016) — (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu in New York City, Georgia, on Saturday, May 21, 2016), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_The_Leftovers.jpg/1280px-Justin_Theroux%2C_Ann_Dowd%2C_Mimi_Leder%2C_Tom_Perrotta_and_Damon_Lindelof_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_The_Leftovers.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This photo includes Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, accepting the Peabody for "The Leftovers." (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu i (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/61512/gallery-a793fa2e8f00.jpg) This photo includes Executive Producer/Director Mimi Leder, accepting the Peabody for "The Leftovers." (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu i (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Mimi_Leder%2C_May_2016_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1995: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (won), for *ER*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Dorothy Arzner Directors Award 2000: Dorothy Arzner Directors Award (won)

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

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