- Leslie Lindsey is an award-winning television and film producer who most recently served as the Director of Development at L.A. Times Studios. She is a specialist in creative development and IP (intellectual property) conversion, meaning she finds powerful news stories and helps turn them into major documentaries like the Hulu hit The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump.
Before her role at L.A. Times Studios, Lindsey was the Managing Editor for "LA Times Today" on Spectrum News 1, where she oversaw the newspaper's Emmy-winning nightly news magazine. Throughout her career, she has developed content for a wide range of formats, including national daily syndication, cable television, and major streaming platforms ABC News Studios.
Lindsey’s work is highly decorated, particularly in the documentary and news genres. She served as an Executive Producer for the Academy Award-winning short documentary The Last Repair Shop in 2024. Her extensive portfolio also includes supervising producer roles on crime-focused series like Crime Watch Daily and The Housewife and the Hustler 2: The Reckoning.
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- She is an Oscar winner, having served as an executive producer on The Last Repair Shop, which won Best Documentary Short Film at the 2024 Academy Awards.
- Lindsey has a strong background in true-crime television, previously working as a supervising producer for over 70 episodes of the series Crime Watch Daily.
- During her tenure at the L.A. Times, she was a primary force in clearing the path for IP development, effectively bridging the gap between reporters and film producers LinkedIn.
- She is highly versatile in her producing roles, having worked on everything from hard-hitting investigative journalism to lighthearted series like World's Funniest.
- She frequently works alongside Maurice James, another producer on the Randall Emmett documentary, as part of a creative "tag team" at L.A. Times Studios.
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