[1] Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Belzberg graduated from York University in Toronto with a degree in English literature and contemporary drama.
[citation needed] Belzberg formally entered the film industry when George Folsey Jr. hired her to work with him and John Landis on Trading Places.
Leslie Belzberg produced ten films directed by Landis (all Landis' films from Into the Night to Susan's Plan) and four TV series in which Landis participated (including The Lost World and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show).
Belzberg was George Folsey assistant during filming Trading Places, she also was Blues Brothers 2000 executive music producer.
[2] She won - along with Landis - CableACE Awards for Dream on series and appeared in The Making of "Blues Brothers 2000" as herself.