Known For
Directing
Credits
25 titles
Lesley Manning
Biography
Welsh born Lesley Manning started making films at Bristol Art College where she graduated with 1st Class Honours. She trained at the National Film and Television School as a director and graduated to work on films and serials at the BBC. One of which was the cult hit Ghostwatch the highest rated single drama for 48 yrs – BBC Screen One film strand and named by Channel Four as the most controversial TV drama. Lesley directed My Sisterwife BBC Screen Two film strand and won CRE best drama, Best Asian Film Award and was screened at Dinard and Brussels film festivals. 2011 Leila is the first Feature Lesley has written as well as directed – and was a finalist at Austin FFestival, winning Best Actress at London Independent FF and Audience and Jury award for best narrative at United FFestival. 2013 Lesley has just completed Honeycomb Lodge – written by Surendra Kochar – a controversial film set in the British/Asian community won Best film NRI in Delhi Int. Film festival.
Known For
Filmography
Found Footage Finds
Herself
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
Self
Help
Director
Do You Believe In Ghosts?: 30 Years of Ghostwatch
Self
Good Thanks, You?
Reader in the Waiting Room
Seven
Director
Sleeper
Editor
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Self
Leila
Writer
The Agent
Director
Home Road Movies
First Assistant Director
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Director
Drovers' Gold
Director
Three Miles Up
Director
Ghosts
Director
Ghostwatch
Director
My Sister-Wife
Director
A Grand Day Out
Thanks
Screen One
Director
Building Sights
Director
South of the Border
Director
Brewers Droop
Editor
The Victor
Editor
A Dangerous Summer
Assistant Sound Editor
Recent Fiction
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