Career
Slesin is also a painter. Documentaries Next, she edited Making Television Dance about choreographer Twyla Tharp, followed in 1977 by The Rutles, a Beatles satire directed by Monty Python’s Eric Idle. In 1980, Slesin made the transition to independent Producer/Director with nine comedy shorts for the original Saturday Night Live.
In 1986, she directed and edited Directed by William Wyler, a biography of the late Hollywood director
Then, 1990 marked a shift to dramatic films when Slesin directed and executive produced Stood Up! an American Broadcasting Company Afterschool Special. Then Slesin produced and directed Voices in Celebration, a documentary for the National Gallery’s fiftieth anniversary.
And in 1993 and 1994, she produced and directed the documentary, Hot on the Trail: Sex, Love and Romance in the Old West for Turner Broadcasting System. During 1995 to 1998, Slesin produced and directed a series of short segments for The Rosie O"Donnell Show, Kids Talk, John Hockenberry"s Edgewise, Home Box Office’s Real Sex, and Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.