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Lesley Manning
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 direc…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Found Footage Finds
TV show Herself
- 2025
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2022
Help
Movie Director
- 2022
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2020
Good Thanks, You?
Movie Reader in the Waiting Room
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2019
Seven
Movie Director
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2014
Sleeper
Movie Editor
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2012
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Movie Self
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2011
Leila
Movie Writer
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2009
The Agent
Movie Director
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2002
Home Road Movies
Movie First Assistant Director
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2002
The Story of Tracy Beaker
TV show Director
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1997
Drovers' Gold
TV show Director
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1995
Three Miles Up
Movie Director
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1995
Ghosts
TV show Director
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1992
Ghostwatch
Movie Director
More credits
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1992
My Sister-Wife
Movie Director
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1990
A Grand Day Out
Movie Thanks
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1989
Screen One
TV show Director
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1988
Building Sights
TV show Director
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1988
South of the Border
TV show Director
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1986
Brewers Droop
Movie Editor
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1985
The Victor
Movie Editor
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1982
A Dangerous Summer
Movie Assistant Sound Editor
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1978
Recent Fiction
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