Portrait of Lesley Manning

Directing

Lesley Manning

Career

Active from 1988 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lesley Manning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.2, average 3.8
  • Crime
    0.9, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Eroticism
    0.1, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 69
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog' (2025)

Thanks

Help
Help (2022)

Director

Good Thanks, You?
Good Thanks, You? (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

as Reader in the Waiting Room

2010s

4 titles
Seven
Seven (2019)

Director

Sleeper
Sleeper (2014)

Editor

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains
Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains (2012)

Producer, Editor

Leila
Leila (2011)

Writer, Director

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 67
The Agent
The Agent (2009)

Director

Home Road Movies
Home Road Movies (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

First Assistant Director

1990s

4 titles ยท average score 88
Three Miles Up
Three Miles Up (1995)

Director

Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch (1992)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

My Sister-Wife
My Sister-Wife (1992)

Director

A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out (1990)
GoodWatch score 90

Thanks

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 39
Brewers Droop
Brewers Droop (1986)

Editor

The Victor
The Victor (1985)

Editor

A Dangerous Summer
A Dangerous Summer (1982)
GoodWatch score 39

Assistant Sound Editor

1970s

1 title
Recent Fiction
Recent Fiction (1978)

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