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name: "Lee Salisbury"
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roles: ["Director"]
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average_as: "director"
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# Lee Salisbury

## Identity

Lee Salisbury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lee-salisbury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lee-salisbury
- **TMDB ID:** 2449645
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2449645

Director. Born in Bradford.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2449645

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Lee Salisbury is a British television director. He studied media studies at university and began his career in factual television, working as a runner on programmes including *Live and Kicking*, *Watchdog* and *Talking Telephone Numbers* before progressing to researcher and assistant producer roles. He later directed factual series such as *Holiday*, *What Not To Wear* and *Location, Location, Location*.

Salisbury directed extensively on British soaps, helming episodes of *Emmerdale* (2006–2015) and *EastEnders* (2010–2016), including major storylines such as the Queen Vic fire and Barbara Windsor's departure. He has also directed on *Coronation Street*, *Holby City* and the true crime series *Expert Witness* (2021–2023). He is a BAFTA nominee.

*Sources: bbc.co.uk, web.archive.org, emmerdale.fandom.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Britney Spears: Breaking Point* (2019), Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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