Welsh born Lesley Manning started making films at Bristol Art College where she graduated with 1st Class Honours. She trained at the National Film and Television School as a director and graduated to work on films and serials at the BBC. One of which was the cult hit Ghostwatch the highest rated single drama for 48 yrs – BBC Screen One film strand and named by Channel Four as the most controversial TV drama. Lesley directed My Sisterwife BBC Screen Two film strand and won CRE best drama, Best Asian Film Award and was screened at Dinard and Brussels film festivals. 2011 Leila is the first Feature Lesley has written as well as directed – and was a finalist at Austin FFestival, winning Best Actress at London Independent FF and Audience and Jury award for best narrative at United FFestival. 2013 Lesley has just completed Honeycomb Lodge – written by Surendra Kochar – a controversial film set in the British/Asian community won Best film NRI in Delhi Int. Film festival. Lesley Manning는 감독으로, 대표작으로 Screen One, The Story of Tracy Beaker, South of the Border가 있으며, 그 외에도 Ghosts, Drovers' Gold, Building Sights, 고스트워치, 레일라, My Sister-Wife, The Agent, Three Miles Up, Seven, Help 등 다양한 작품을 연출했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 Found Footage Finds에 출연했다. 2022년 Help 연출을 맡았다. 2022년 Do You Believe In Ghosts?: 30 Years of Ghostwatch에 출연했다.