REEL Ladies

REEL Ladies presents Director Mimi Leder. Mimi Leder was the first woman accepted to study cinematography at the American Film Institute. She won two Emmys (one for directing, the other as co-executive producer) before Spielberg tapped her to make her feature debut, helming DreamWorks' first live-action feature "The Peacemaker". She then went on to direct the hit film Deep Impact which was also handed to her by Steven Spielberg. In 2008 she directed the film Thick as Thieves, starring Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas.