Trish Adlesic
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Patricia "Trish" Adlesic is an American documentary film director and producer. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards.
Early life
Adlesic was born in Pittsburgh, the youngest of six children of Mary and Joseph Adlesic; her mother was a nurse and her father worked in education. She is of Irish and Slovenian descent. She graduated from Shaler Area High School and attended Hunter College, majoring in communications and psychology with a minor in music theory.
Career
She worked as a location manager on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she met actress Mariska Hargitay. When Hargitay wanted to make a documentary about the American rape kit backlog, she asked Adlesic to co-direct. The documentary, titled I Am Evidence, was released in 2017. The following year, Adlesic had been visiting her father in Pittsburgh when the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting occurred. After the shooting, she moved back to Pittsburgh and spent the next three years directing and co-producing A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. In 2025, she collaborated once again with Mariska Hargitay, producing Hargitay's feature directorial debut film My Mom Jayne, which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
As director and producer
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Gasland | No | Yes | ||
| 2013 | Gasland Part II | No | Yes | ||
| 2017 | I Am Evidence | Yes | No | ||
| 2022 | A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting | Yes | Yes | ||
| Pay or Die | No | Executive | |||
| 2023 | The ABCs of Book Banning | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2025 | My Mom Jayne | No | Yes | ||
| Nuns vs. The Vatican | No | Executive |
Other credits
Film
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Household Saints | Post-production supervisor | |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Assistant location manager | |
| 1996 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Assistant location manager | |
| 1997 | Gold in the Streets | Location manager | |
| As Good as It Gets | Assistant location manager | ||
| 1998 | Black Dog | Location manager | |
| My Husband's Secret Life | Location manager | ||
| Meet Joe Black | Assistant location manager | ||
| 1999 | The Insider | Location manager | |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | Location manager | |
| Looking for an Echo | Production supervisor | ||
| 2002 | In America | Production supervisor | |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Production supervisor | |
| 2007 | Dinosaurs Alive! | Unit production manager |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–1993 | Law & Order | Location coordinator | |
| 1994–1995 | The Cosby Mysteries | Location manager | |
| 1999–2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Location manager |
Awards and nominations
External links
- at IMDb