Lesli Linka Glatter, the highest TV director-producer and president of the Administrators Guild of America, has revealed she misplaced her Pacific Palisades dwelling on this week’s wildfires which were burning throughout Los Angeles.
“Sadly my home is gone, as is a lot of the Palisades … that is heartbreaking for a lot of,” Glatter wrote on Instagram. “My coronary heart goes out to all those that have misplaced a lot and to these in peril.”
She added that she was secure at her “son’s home within the valley” and thanked those that reached out to her amid the catastrophe.
She additionally shared a letter to DGA members on Friday by which she additional mirrored on the tragedy: “I’ve been so lucky to name Pacific Palisades dwelling. It’s the place I raised my son and have been residing for over 20 years. Tuesday evening, I misplaced my dwelling together with a whole bunch of others within the Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre and different communities the place we have now lived, labored and filmed for thus lengthy. This emergency and the harm so many people are feeling is way from over, however I do know that it doesn’t matter what, we are going to one way or the other persevere and are available out on the opposite facet of this.”
In her observe, Glatter additionally elaborated on her ideas in regards to the wildfires, together with how they arrive after Hollywood has already been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, actors and writers strikes and “work contraction.” And he or she expressed her appreciation for the folks within the guild and shared sources and methods they might help with restoration efforts.
“I needed to achieve out to you personally as my coronary heart is heavy with a lot that has been misplaced within the ongoing wildfires. And I do know that I’m not alone,” Glatter wrote. “In each dialog I’ve had with members over the previous few days, the devastating loss has been deeply emotional for all of us. These are communities we love and cherish, locations by which we have now sturdy roots, and to really feel it’s burning throughout us has been heartbreaking. I’m additionally indignant and unhappy that this comes at a second that we had been poised to show a nook after the pandemic, strikes and work contraction — 2025 was to be our 12 months of resurgence.”
She added, “However what provides me hope is you. Each name or electronic mail I’ve had with members has proven me the humanity of our DGA neighborhood — a capability to face collectively throughout moments like these — supporting each other with the energy to maneuver ahead. And that’s what we’re going to proceed to do — supply assist and transfer ahead.”
Glatter is an eight-time Emmy nominee whose directing credit embody Homeland, Mad Males, Love & Demise, The Morning Present, ER, Gilmore Women and the upcoming Zero Hour.
Glatter is simply the newest leisure business determine to see her home destroyed by the L.A. wildfires. Others who’ve shared they misplaced their houses embody Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Mel Gibson, Jeff Bridges, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Warren and Cary Elwes.