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Leslie Dixon(I)

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Overboard (1987)
From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Leslie Dixon built a strong reputation as a writer for several comedy films, including "Outrageous Fortune" (1987), "Overboard" (1987), "Loverboy" (1989), and "Look Who's Talking Now" (1993). After working on "Mrs. Doubtfire," (1993), she would go on to write the screenplays for "That Old Feeling" (1997), "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999) and Pay It Forward (2000).

Years later, she wrote the script for "Freaky Friday," (2003), a comedy-fantasy about a mother and daughter who switch bodies for one day. She would be nominated for a Saturn Award for her work on the film.

In 2011, Dixon penned the screenplay for the Neil Burger-directed mystery-thriller "Limitless," based on Alan Glynn's 2001 novel "The Dark Fields." The film stared Bradley Cooper as a struggling writer in New York City who discovers a drug that imbues him with superhuman powers.

Dixon also worked on the script for the crime-action film "Tower Heist," (2011) the story of a group of workers who fall victim to a Wall Street tycoon's Ponzi scheme and plot to rob his high-rise residence and take back their pensions.
BornNovember 26, 1954
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      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, and Johnny Whitworth in Limitless (2011)
    Limitless
    7.4
    • Producer
    • 2011
    Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday (2003)
    Freaky Friday
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 2003
    Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987)
    Overboard
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1987
    Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl (2014)
    Gone Girl
    8.1
    • Producer
    • 2014

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    Producer



    • Jennifer Carpenter and Jake McDorman in Limitless (2015)
      Limitless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl (2014)
      Gone Girl
      8.1
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, and Johnny Whitworth in Limitless (2011)
      Limitless
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Madonna and Rupert Everett in The Next Best Thing (2000)
      The Next Best Thing
      4.7
      • producer
      • 2000
    • That Old Feeling (1997)
      That Old Feeling
      6.1
      • producer
      • 1997
    • John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, David Gallagher, and Tabitha Lupien in Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
      Look Who's Talking Now
      4.4
      • executive producer
      • 1993
    • Kirstie Alley and John Larroquette in Madhouse (1990)
      Madhouse
      5.4
      • producer
      • 1990
    • Patrick Dempsey in Loverboy (1989)
      Loverboy
      6.1
      • executive producer
      • 1989

    Writer



    • Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris in Overboard (2018)
      Overboard
      6.0
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 2018
    • Seth MacFarlane in The Oscars (2013)
      The Oscars
      7.2
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2013
    • Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, and Johnny Whitworth in Limitless (2011)
      Limitless
      7.4
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Ben Stiller and Malin Akerman in The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
      The Heartbreak Kid
      5.9
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Michelle Pfeiffer, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, James Marsden, Elijah Kelley, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, and Nikki Blonsky in Hairspray (2007)
      Hairspray
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven (2005)
      Just Like Heaven
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • Michel Leeb in Madame Doubtfire (2003)
      Madame Doubtfire
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • from the movie 'Mrs Doubtfire'
      • 2003
    • Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday (2003)
      Freaky Friday
      6.4
      • screenplay
      • 2003
    • Promo poster
      Pay It Forward
      7.2
      • screenplay
      • 2000
    • Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
      The Thomas Crown Affair
      6.9
      • screenplay
      • 1999
    • That Old Feeling (1997)
      That Old Feeling
      6.1
      • written by
      • 1997
    • Robin Williams, Sally Field, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, and Mara Wilson in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
      Mrs. Doubtfire
      7.1
      • screenplay by
      • 1993
    • John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, David Gallagher, and Tabitha Lupien in Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
      Look Who's Talking Now
      4.4
      • written by
      • 1993
    • Patrick Dempsey in Loverboy (1989)
      Loverboy
      6.1
      • screenplay
      • 1989
    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987)
      Overboard
      6.9
      • written by
      • 1987

    Script and Continuity Department



    • Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Til Schweiger, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank, Sofía Vergara, Josh Duhamel, Ludacris, Lea Michele, Seth Meyers, Abigail Breslin, and Zac Efron in New Year's Eve (2011)
      New Year's Eve
      5.6
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Ben Stiller, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe in Tower Heist (2011)
      Tower Heist
      6.2
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Michelle Trachtenberg in Ice Princess (2005)
      Ice Princess
      6.1
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House (2003)
      Bringing Down the House
      5.6
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Runaway Bride (1999)
      Runaway Bride
      5.6
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • True Identity (1991)
      True Identity
      5.1
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 1991

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      • November 26, 1954
      • New York City, New York, USA
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      • Tom Ropelewski
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      Granddaugher of photographer Dorothea Lange and Southwest painter Maynard Dixon.

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