Leslee Dart

Leslee Dart is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of 42West, an entertainment public relations firm that develops and implements strategic campaigns for films and television, as well as actors, filmmakers and production companies.  Ms. Dart has directed the publicity campaigns for more than 300 motion pictures including the Coen brothers’ Academy Award winning “No Country for Old Men,” Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award winning “The Departed,” Mike Nichols’ “Charlie Wilson’s War” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood.”  Ms. Dart and her firm also represent numerous individuals including Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Queen Latifah, Conan O’Brien, Clive Owen, Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman and Kate Winslet, as well as filmmakers Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Jonathan Demme, Stephen Daldry and Sydney Pollack, among others. 

Ms. Dart attended the University of Southern California and received a degree in public relations from the School of Journalism, with a minor in fine arts. She resides in New York with her husband, Michael Leon, and their son, Matthew.