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Lee Magiday founded Sleeper Films to build a strong independent film & TV slate with compelling and resonant stories. Prior to Sleeper, Lee was a producer on Yorgos Lanthimos’ multi-award winning The Favourite starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.
Lee Magiday is known for The Favourite (2018), The Lobster (2015) and The Guard (2011).
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Lee Magiday is an American film producer. She began her career producing music videos in London before beginning work at Universal Pictures for 7 years as Director of Acquisitions. She then went on to Polygram Filmed Entertainment central acquisitions. From 2002 - 2005, she worked at Focus Features as VP of Acquisitions & Production - Europe overse...
91st Academy Awards, 2018 Best Picture — The Favourite (shared with Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, and Yorgos Lanthimos)
Lee Magiday has over 30 years’ experience in the entertainment industry. Prior to founding Sleeper Films, she was a producer on Yorgos Lanthimos’ multi-award winning and critically acclaimed The Favourite, for which she won a BAFTA for Outstanding British Film.
Sep 8, 2019 · BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated The Favourite producer Lee Magiday is set to produce the Film4 feature In the Shadows about Somali-born boxing champion Ramla Ali.
- Anthony D'alessandro
Sleeper Films, the London and Dublin-based production company founded by The Favourite producer Lee Magiday, has revealed plans to ramp up its output across TV and film, with a refreshed slate of projects in development.
Jan 4, 2024 · Lee Magiday, formerly VP of Acquisitions and Production, Europe at Focus Features, has joined Irish production company Element Films as their Head of Production with responsibility for acquiring, developing and overseeing a slate of new feature film projects.
