Leslie Dixon
- Writing
- August 3, 1970 · New York, New York, U.S.
Biography
Leslie Dixon (born c. 1954) is an American screenwriter and film producer. She has written or co‑written more than 20 feature films and first gained recognition in Hollywood with the success of the comedy Outrageous Fortune (1987). Her screen credits include Overboard (1987), Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Pay It Forward (2000), Freaky Friday (2003), Hairspray (2007) and the thriller Limitless (2011), which she also produced. She is the granddaughter of painter Maynard Dixon and photographer Dorothea Lange. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leslie Dixon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Overboard · Story, Screenplay
- Limitless · Co-Executive Producer
- Gone Girl · Executive producer
- Limitless · Producer, Screenplay
- You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" · Self
- The Heartbreak Kid · Screenplay
- Hairspray · Screenplay
- Just Like Heaven · Screenplay
- Freaky Friday · Screenplay
- Madame Doubtfire · Original Film Writer
- Pay It Forward · Screenplay
- The Next Best Thing · Producer
- The Thomas Crown Affair · Screenplay
- That Old Feeling · Writer, Producer
- Mrs. Doubtfire · Screenplay
- Look Who's Talking Now! · Executive producer, Writer
- MadHouse · Producer
- Loverboy · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Overboard · Screenplay
- Outrageous Fortune · Writer
- Small Parts · Story