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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.
Jun 7, 2011 · Lee Magiday. Before joining Element in 2006, Lee Magiday was VP of acquisitions and production, Europe, for Focus Features, where she brought in projects including My Summer Of Love and...
Sep 8, 2019 · Producer Lee Magiday (“The Favourite”) under her new production shingle Sleeper Films, and Madeleine Sanderson of Curate Films are teaming for the drama “In the Shadows.”
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.
