Mimi Leder

Mimi Leder

Nascimento : 1952-01-26, New York City, New York, USA

História

Miriam "Mimi" Leder (born January 26, 1952) is an American film director and producer noted for her action films and use of special effects. She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory in 1973. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mimi Leder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Mimi Leder
Mimi Leder

Filmes

Suprema
Director
A jovem advogada Ruth Bader Ginsburg se une ao marido Marty para apresentar um caso inovador ao Tribunal de Apelações dos EUA e derrubar um século de discriminação de gênero.
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Self
Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.
Jogo Entre Ladrões
Director
Jack Monahan (Antonio Banderas) é um criminoso que está passando por uma grande maré de azar. Sua vida muda quando conhece Ripley (Morgan Freeman), um experiente ladrão que o chama para participar de um arriscado roubo, envolvendo uma das jóias mais valiosas da atualidade. O objeto está guardado a sete chaves em uma joalheria russa, sendo que Ripley precisa roubá-la para quitar uma dívida com a máfia. Jack aceita o convite, mesmo sabendo que no mundo do crime não pode confiar em alguém.
A Corrente do Bem
Director
Apenas imagine. Você faz um favor que realmente ajuda alguém e diz para ele ou ela não pagar de volta, mas passar adiante para três pessoas que, em troca, devem pagar para mais três – e sem parar em uma abundância global de generosidade e decência. Impossível? O estudante ginasial Trevor McKinney não aceita isso.
Impacto Profundo
Director
Um astrônomo-mirim e seu professor acidentalmente descobrem que um cometa com 11 mil metros de diâmetro vai colidir com a Terra, mas um dos descobridores morre em um desastre de automóvel. Após um ano, um repórter tentando investigar um possível escândalo sexual chega à conclusão de que a "amante" é o cometa, que está prestes a se chocar com nosso planeta. Se isto vier a acontecer os danos causados serão incalculáveis e a vida animal e vegetal em pouco tempo deixará de existir. No entanto, uma equipe formada por americanos e russos planeja colocar detonadores nucleares, para fragmentar o cometa e salvar a Terra.
O Pacificador
Director
Em algum lugar da Rússia dois trens se chocam, sendo que em um deles existia bombas nucleares. Após o acidente houve uma explosão nuclear, que colocou em alerta a comunidade internacional. Mas uma cientista nuclear e chefe do Grupo Especial Anti-Contrabando de Armas Nucleares da Casa Branca não acredita que foi um acidente e um tenente-coronel, que um oficial da Inteligência das Forças Especiais do Exército americano subordinado a ela, também desconfia que algo está bastante errado e que o acidente foi uma cortina de fumaça para as ogivas nucleares serem roubadas. Assim, os dois viajam tentando deter uma conspiração que tem ramificações em alguns países e cujos resultados podem ser catastróficos
The Innocent
Director
The owner of a drugstore is killed in a hold-up. The only witness who saw one of the murderers without his mask is Gregory, a nine year old autistic boy. Cop Barlow is sure they'll try to silence him. He tries to get him to draw a picture of the man he saw.
Baby Brokers
Director
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their newborn, but she discovers she is the victim of a scam.
House of Secrets
Director
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as she begins to believe that her husband has come back from the dead to get her.
Rio Shannon
Director
A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.
A Sombra de um Passado
Director
Casal que não consegue superar o desaparecimento do filho, sequestrado há 15 anos, espera um novo bebê. As coisas começam a mudar quando a mulher, que trabalha como professora, conhece um adolescente rebelde, que vive à beira da marginalidade.
Marked for Murder
Director
Mace Moutron, The Sandman, is released from prison to take part in a project where convicts assist the police in their job. Mace isn't used to playing by the rules, and he's frustrated with the corruption and impotence of the police. When he takes action against a local drug lord, the conflict becomes personal.
Woman With a Past
Director
A woman lives a normal life with her second husband and her two sons of the first marriage. One day she is caught by her past and the film reveales in flashbacks her stations of life until the day the police found her in her new life: First marriage, alcohol addiction, robberies, prison, escape from prison, search for work, second marriage, fight for the children,... In the end she has not only to fight for her freedom but also for the respect and love of her betrayed children and husband.
A Little Piece of Heaven
Director
Will Loomis is living with his mentally handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.
Nightingales
Director
"Nightingales" are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aaron Spelling production that ultimately was developed into a short-lived series which aired on NBC at the beginning of 1989. Subsequently edited down to 90 minutes, the film later served as the premiere episode for the series, which was reworked to add Suzanne Pleshette and Barry Newman as stars.
Sketches of a Strangler
Assistant Director
An art student living with his sister is actually a maniac strangling dancers and prostitutes. One victim's sister starts looking for him...
Red Light in the White House
Script Supervisor
A reporter digs into the background of a young woman who is running for the U.S. Senate, and finds out a lot more than he bargained for.
Red Light in the White House
Assistant Director
A reporter digs into the background of a young woman who is running for the U.S. Senate, and finds out a lot more than he bargained for.
All Day Long
Cinematography
A young orphaned boy comes to live with his aunt and discovers that his best friend is having an affair with her.
The Goree Girls
Director
About one of the first all-female country bands.