Director · Writer

Leslye Headland

13 credited titles on WatchWise

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 above from the Wikipedia article Leslye Headland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Associated lifetime gross

$15M

Combined reported budget

$6.0M

Gross / budget

2.5x

Bankability Index

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Associated performance by genre

Worldwide gross by tagged contribution — US$.

Comedy

$15M · 2 films · 50% hit

Filmography cards

Each title carries role, budget, worldwide gross and commercial verdict.

Hit

Sleeping with Other People

Director

B $3.0M | G $3.2M

Broke even

Based on 2 of 9 catalogued titles with reported budget and worldwide gross — figures from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.