Leonora received her M.F.A. from Tisch, NYU‘s prestigious graduate film program, which she attended on the W.T.C. Johnson scholarship.
Her latest short, “Beast”, was funded by the BFI & Creative England’s Emerging Talent scheme and starred Olivier-award winning Billie Piper. Her previous short films have been nominated for a Student Academy Award and received a Hollywood Foreign Press Association grant. Leo was also a co-writer/co-director on “Black Dog, Red Dog,” starring James Franco, Whoopi Goldberg and Olivia Wilde.
In 2016, she was selected as 1 of 12 finalists for the iFeatures scheme with “Ex Sanguis” a project she is developing with BAFTA-nominated writer Islay Bell-Webb & producers Chiara Ventura and Manon Ardisson (God’s Own Country). “Ex Sanguis” has just been selected as 1 of 8 projects to participate the Inside Out Film Finance pitch in Toronto.
Her documentary film, “Ziona”, about a cult in the Indian Himalayas, recently premiered at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs.
Credits
Credits
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Date: 2018Production (role): BEAST (Director / Writer)Company: Sona Films, Creative EnglandProject details: Written alongside Jack Sidey.
Starring Billie Piper, Sinéad Cusack and Poppy Polivnick. -
Date: 2014Production (role): LYRA (Director / Writer)Company: -Project details: Starring Erin Darke, Nicole Coulon and Edmund Donovan.
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Date: 2013Production (role): DOUBLE CROSSED (Assistant Director)Company: -Project details: Directed by John Ryan Johnson and Zachary Kerschberg.
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Date: 2012Production (role): BELLA FLEACE GAVE A PARTY (Director / Writer / Producer)Company: Leonora Lonsdale, Rather Good FilmsProject details: Starring Nick Clark Windo, Siân Phillips and John Standing.
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Date: 2012Production (role): THE DUCKS' MIGRATION (Assistant Camera)Company: CinestaciónProject details: Written and directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo.
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Date: 2012Production (role): AGUAVIVA (Assistant Camera)Company: Tatvam ProductionsProject details: Written and directed by Virginia Urreiztieta.
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Date: 2012Production (role): DÉJA VU (Assistant Camera)Company: -Project details: Written and directed by Alexis Gambis.
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Date: 2011Production (role): BAYOU BLACK (Assistant Camera)Company: -Project details: Written and directed by Jonas Carpignano.
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Date: 2011Production (role): THE WORLD OUTSIDE (Assistant Camera)Company: Windmills and GiantsProject details: Written and directed by Zachary Kerschberg.
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Date: 2011Production (role): BLEACHED (Script Supervisor)Company: -Project details: Written and directed by Jess Dela Merced.
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Date: 2010Production (role): COCKLES AND MUSSELS (Director / Writer / Sound Editor / Editor)Company: -Project details: Starring Matthew Lewis and Deidre Lynn.
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Date: 2010Production (role): TELEFONE (Production Assistant)Company: Sleepy Films, New York University, Tisch School of the ArtsProject details: Written and directed by Jeffrey Anderson Bliss.
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Date: 2020Production (role): THE PALE HORSE (Director)Company: Mammoth Screen, Agatha Christie Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Project details: Directed "Part One" and "Part Two".
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Date: 2015Production (role): BLACK DOG, RED DOG (Director / Writer)Company: Black Dog, Red Dog, Elysium Bandini Studios, Hello PleaseProject details: Based on the life of poet Stephen Dobyns.
Other directors include Adriana Cepeda Espinosa, James Franco, Anastasia Frank, Pedro Gómez Millán, Zachary Kerschberg, Brian Lannin, Jon Matthews, Charles Rogers and Isabella Wing-Davey.
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Date: 2018Production (role): ZIONA (Co-director / Editor / Producer)Company: MIzoram PicturesProject details: Directed alongside Clare Carter.