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Leslie Merlin

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Leslie Merlin is known for Terminator Salvation (2009), Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and Tropic Thunder (2008).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Terminator Salvation (2009)
    Terminator Salvation
    6.5
    • Production Department
    • 2009
    Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
    Live Free or Die Hard
    7.1
    • Production Department
    • 2007
    Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    Tropic Thunder
    7.1
    • Production Department
    • 2008
    Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious (2009)
    Fast & Furious
    6.5
    • Production Department
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Production Department

    • The Making of 'Jesus Diabetes'
      • set production assistant
      • Post-production
    • Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun (2025)
      The Naked Gun
      6.3
      • production assistant: additional photography
      • 2025
    • Sofía Vergara in Griselda (2024)
      Griselda
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • production assistant
      • 2024
    • Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method (2018)
      The Kominsky Method
      8.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2021
    • Room 104 (2017)
      Room 104
      6.1
      TV Series
      • key production assistant
      • 2020
    • Let's Be Real (2020)
      Let's Be Real
      5.0
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2020–2021
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • production staff
      • production assistant
      • 2011–2020
    • Culture Clash
      3.6
      TV Movie
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • The Front Runner (2018)
      The Front Runner
      6.1
      • production assistant: additional photography
      • 2018
    • Dylan McDermott, Peter Stormare, Nathan Lee Graham, Kim Matula, Ed Weeks, and Olivia Macklin in LA to Vegas (2018)
      LA to Vegas
      7.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • You're the Worst (2014)
      You're the Worst
      8.1
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2015
    • James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Colin Hanks, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan Bakkedahl, Angelique Cabral, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg, and Niall Cunningham in Life in Pieces (2015)
      Life in Pieces
      8.0
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2015
    • Troian Bellisario, Sasha Pieterse, Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, and Shay Mitchell in Pretty Little Liars (2010)
      Pretty Little Liars
      7.3
      TV Series
      • additional production assistant
      • 2015
    • Royal Pains (2009)
      Royal Pains
      7.2
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2014
    • Enlightened (2011)
      Enlightened
      7.5
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2011–2013
    • Robert De Niro and Paul Dano in Being Flynn (2012)
      Being Flynn
      6.4
      • production assistant
      • 2012

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever
      • first assistant director: savannah unit
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • A Minecraft Movie: Squared
      • second second assistant director: Utah
      • Filming
      • 2027
    • MILO
      Short
      • second assistant director
      • 2026
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director: additional
      • additional second assistant director
      • second second assistant director
      • 2014–2020
    • Mariah Carey in Mariah Carey: All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition) (2019)
      Mariah Carey: All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition)
      6.7
      Music Video
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Lent!
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Exiles (2013)
      Exiles
      7.0
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • America's Got Talent (2006)
      America's Got Talent
      5.8
      TV Series
      • assistant: Sofia Vergara
      • 2020–2024

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