---
name: "Lee Magiday"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-magiday"
fi1m_id: "lee-magiday"
imdb_id: "nm3717662"
tmdb_id: 1405872
wikidata_id: "Q61954740"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:42:25.794669+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lee Magiday

## Identity

Lee Magiday

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-magiday
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-magiday
- **IMDb ID:** nm3717662
- **TMDB ID:** 1405872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61954740
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61954740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3717662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1405872

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 2015–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Ceci Dempsey](https://film.one/person/ceci-dempsey.md), [Ed Guiney](https://film.one/person/ed-guiney.md), [Olivia Colman](https://film.one/person/olivia-colman.md), [Rachel Weisz](https://film.one/person/rachel-weisz.md), [Yorgos Lanthimos](https://film.one/person/yorgos-lanthimos.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61954740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3717662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1405872

## Coming up

- *In the Shadows* (2026-10-30), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Lobster*](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lee Magiday is a film producer. She has worked as a producer at Element Pictures and founded her own company, Sleeper Films.

She produced *The Lobster* (2015) and *The Favourite* (2018), both directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. She was associate producer on *The Guard* (2011).

Magiday received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *The Favourite* and has been nominated for or won several BAFTA and British Independent Film Awards for her work on these films. Earlier in her career she held roles in acquisitions and production at Focus Features, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures International.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmcityfutures.com, screendaily.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Favourite* (2018), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *The Lobster* (2015), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In the Shadows* (2026), Producer
- *Part of Me* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Favourite* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *Quercus* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Lobster* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lobster.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2019: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Favourite*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Comedy 2019: European Film Award for Best Comedy (won), for *The Favourite*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2019: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The Favourite*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2015: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Lobster*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lee-magiday