Writing
Leslye Headland
Born
1980-11-26 (45)
Place of birth
Maryland, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
8 titles
Leslye Headland (born November 26, 1980) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and playwright. She directed the comedic films Bachelorette (2012), and Sleeping with Other People (2015). She co-created the Netflix series Russian Doll (2019–2022) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She served as the creator and showrunner on the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024). As a playwright, she has written a string of plays based on the Seven Deadly Sins which include Assistance and Cult of Love, the latter of which marked her debut as a playwright on Broadway in 2024. Description …
Known for
6.0Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to navigate the relationship minefields from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
About Last Night
2014
6.3Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.
Sleeping with Other People
2015
5.4Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Bachelorette
2012
6.2A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole.
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
2022
A feature film adaptation of Cult of Love, Leslye Headland‘s dark comedy.
Cult of Love
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Series credits
Behind the camera
6.0Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to navigate the relationship minefields from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
About Last Night
2014
6.3Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.
Sleeping with Other People
2015
6.3Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.
Sleeping with Other People
2015
5.4Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Bachelorette
2012
5.4Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Bachelorette
2012
A feature film adaptation of Cult of Love, Leslye Headland‘s dark comedy.
Cult of Love
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A feature film adaptation of Cult of Love, Leslye Headland‘s dark comedy.
Cult of Love
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