Matti Leshem is an Israeli-American film and TV producer.
Early life Leshem was born to Jewish parents, Alyssa Leshem, a skincare specialist of Boca Raton and Moshe Leshem, an Israeli diplomat. His father was also a Holocaust survivor and as a diplomat held missions in Zaire and Denmark.Nechin, Etan (17 December 2024). How a Jewish-Israeli Producer Ended Up Working With Scorsese on a TV Show About Saints Haaretz. Retrieved on 9 December 2025 His father also served as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations. During this period, Leshem attended Ramaz School, a prestigious Modern Orthodox school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.(26 November 2024). Israeli Producer Matti Leshem Teams Up with Martin Scorsese to Create “The Saints” on Fox Nation Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 9 December 2025
Leshem later earned a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College, and a master’s degree in directing from the American Film Institute.
Career
Leshem is the co-founder of New Mandate Films, an American film and television production company focused on Jewish history and literature.
In 2014, with his wife Lynn Harris, he co-founded Weimaraner Republic Pictures, a film, TV and digital production company.
He was a producer on the Barry Levinson 2021 film, The Survivor, along with business partner and friend Joel Greenberg, who was an executive producer.
Leshem created Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, an eight-part docudrama TV series, with Martin Scorsese narrating the lives of eight Christian saints, and Leshem producing.
Personal life
In 2009, Leshem, then a "marketing executive" married Lynn Harris, a film executive, at the Parker Palm Springs hotel in Palm Springs, California, with Rabbi Sharon Brous officiating. In November 2023 in Los Angeles, they hosted a delegation of Israeli survivors of the October 7 attacks and the families of hostages.
His cousin's two adult children were killed at the Nova music festival massacre in Israel.
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