Leslie Kolins Small

Leslie's NY theater background as an actress, producer, director serves the various roles in her diverse career. Most recently she served as Producing Director for Season 1 of roller-skating themed "Saturdays" filmed in Chicago. Leslie is equally versed in single and multi camera formats directing such series as First Wives Club (2019) as well as Last Man Standing (2011) starring Tim Allen. Her work as an Executive Producer earned her an Emmy Nomination for CBS's The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (2017) which garnered over 17 million viewers. As President of George Lopez's company, she developed, sold and produced multiple projects including the award winning theatrical feature Spare Parts (2015) for LionsGate with George Lopez, Marisa Tomei, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Earlier in her career, as Vice President of Alternative Comedy and Late Night at FOX Network she discovered and developed Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy (1999) and other seminal series such as late night's Mad TV (1995) that ran for 14 seasons. She also trail blazed the stop-motion claymation series Gary & Mike (2001), and Eddie Murphy's The PJs (1999). There was also 'The Best Pilot Never Seen', titled Heat Vision and Jack (1999) starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson and directed by Ben Stiller. Leslie's early years were shaped by her work at MTV Networks in New York and LA, where development, producing, and directing were just a swap of the hat. She's based in Los Angeles.