
Director
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 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.
Directed

Ghostwatch
Director · 1992

The Story of Tracy Beaker
Director · 2002

South of the Border
Director · 1988

Three Miles Up
Director · 1995

Help
Director · 2022

My Sister-Wife
Director · 1992

Drovers' Gold
Director · 1997
Home Road Movies
First Assistant Director · 2002

Ghosts
Director · 1995

The Agent
Director · 2009

Building Sights
Director · 1988

Leila
Director · 2011
Seven
Director · 2019



