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Jun 27, 2023 · Leo Leigh, son of director Mike Leigh, talks about his first fiction film, a romantic comedy with no dialogue. He reveals how he rehearsed with the cast, got his dad's input and secured distribution for his UK-Ireland release.
Leo Leigh was born in Enfield, London, England, UK. Leo is a director and cinematographer, known for Sweet Sue (2023), Loony in the Woods (2006) and Swansea Love Story (2010). Menu
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Dec 21, 2023 · Its name notwithstanding, Leo Leigh’s Sweet Sue is arrestingly sour — a British tragicomic picture of life among loners, losers and tenacious strugglers. Sue (Maggie O’Neill) is a middle ...
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Dec 14, 2023 · For Sue, however, in Leo Leigh’s debut fiction feature Sweet Sue, it doesn’t matter; both her and new date Ron are desperate for connection in whatever way they can find. Their unorthodox meet-cute, like the rest of Leigh’s film, brilliantly hovers on the edge of absurdity and total reality, a tone that develops even further at the introduction of Ron’s son Anthony.
Jun 5, 2023 · UK filmmaker Leo Leigh's debut feature, starring Maggie O'Neill and Harry Trevaldwyn, is a Somesuch, SUMS Film & Media production for BBC Film. Curzon has acquired UK and Ireland rights to the film, which follows a woman's dating adventures with a biker and his son.
Dec 20, 2023 · Leo Leigh is the son of Alison Steadman, the star of Abigail’s Party, and Mike Leigh, the Palme d’Or-winning director of Secrets & Lies. His early memories include many set visits.
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Jan 11, 2023 · For almost two decades, filmmaker and photographer Leo Leigh has been holding onto a box of DV and Hi8 tapes from his teenage years, lugging them around as he moves from flat to flat. It wasn’t until Jackson Payne, Joe Page-Brown and Bob Foster, founders of London-based publisher Quality of Life , tasked him with making a book that he decided to revisit his past.
