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Leslie Asako Gladsjo

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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Leslie Asako Gladsjo is known for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013), Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (2025) and Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (2016).
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      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
    The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    8.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (2025)
    Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
    9.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (2016)
    Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    African American Lives (2006)
    African American Lives
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Edge of Daybreak (2025)
      Edge of Daybreak
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (2025)
      Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
      9.1
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2025
    • By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
      By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • senior producer
      • 2020
    • (Un)Well (2020)
      (Un)Well
      6.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Why We Hate (2019)
      Why We Hate
      7.4
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • 2019
    • Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (2017)
      Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History
      7.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (2016)
      Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer
      • 2016
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • senior story editor
      • 2012–2016
    • America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa
      7.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
      The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • senior story producer
      • 2013
    • Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
      Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2010
    • African American Lives 2
      1.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2008
    • African American Lives (2006)
      African American Lives
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2006

    Director

    • The Calling: A Medical School Journey
      • director (as Asako Gladsjo)
      • 2025
    • Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest (2025)
      Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • The Calling (2024)
      The Calling
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2024
    • (Un)Well (2020)
      (Un)Well
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (2016)
      Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • episode director
      • 2014
    • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
      The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
      Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • African American Lives 2
      1.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • African American Lives (2006)
      African American Lives
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Pranks TV!
      6.1
      Video
      • Director
      • 1988

    Cinematographer

    • 214-es csapat (2008)
      214-es csapat
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Hungry for Monsters (2004)
      Hungry for Monsters
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • The Will to Provoke
      8.6
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 1988

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Asako Gladsjo

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