- Leslie Harris is known for Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992), Bessie Coleman's Dream to Fly (1993) and New York Conversations (2010).
- Harris was the first black woman director to win the special jury prize at the Sundance film festival.
- Taught Screenwriting and film production classes as both a full-time and adjunct professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
- Received a B.F.A. in Studio Arts from Denison University.
- Began her career working in the advertising industry, including for major advertising firms such as FCB and Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide. She eventually moved into directing commercials.
- Has lectured on filmmaking and film at Tulane University, Wellesley College, Portland State University, Columbia University and the Canadian Film Institute.
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