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Leslie Morgenstein Biography

Birth Name:Leslie Morgenstein

Profession Producer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with degrees in writing and photography
  • Has an MBA in finance from NYU's Stern School of Business and a master's in English and creative writing from the City College of New York
  • Started at Alloy Entertainment when it was known as Daniel Weiss Associates
  • Quote: "[on what other executives were doing with the teenage-girl demographic] "They had an idealized vision of what they thought a teen girl might like․ It was usually a little too sweet․""
  • Often takes dormant book series and makes them into TV shows, such as "The Secret Circle" and "The Nine Lives of Chloe King․"
  • Best known as the producer of the TV series "Gossip Girl," "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Vampire Diaries," as well as the film "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants․"
  • CEO of Alloy Entertainment and has been with the company since 1999