---
name: "Leon Lopez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leon-lopez"
fi1m_id: "leon-lopez"
imdb_id: "nm0520117"
tmdb_id: 1220169
wikidata_id: "Q3229647"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:48:37.902804+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."
---

# Leon Lopez

## Identity

Leon Lopez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leon-lopez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leon-lopez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0520117
- **TMDB ID:** 1220169
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3229647
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lopez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220169

Director. Born 30 August 1979 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 August 1979, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lopez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220169

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Midsomer Murders*](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) (66)

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## Biography

Leon Lopez is a British actor and director. Born on 30 August 1979 in Liverpool, he trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and first came to prominence as an actor, playing Jerome Johnson in the Channel 4 soap opera *Brookside* (1999–2002). He later appeared in *EastEnders* (2016) and other television roles.

Lopez moved into directing with his debut feature film *Soft Lad* (2015), which premiered at the East End Film Festival and received a UK cinema release. His television directing credits include episodes of *Hollyoaks*, *Emmerdale*, *Coronation Street*, *Death in Paradise* (from 2022), *Beyond Paradise*, *Brassic* and two episodes of *Midsomer Murders* (2023). He has also directed several short films.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, liverpoolecho.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, Director
- *Every Birthday's A Party* (2022), Director
- *Out of Time* (2020), Director
- *Where's Steve?* (2020), Director
- *Hey Google* (2020), Director
- *Brassic* (2019), series, Director
- *Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy* (2019), Producer, Director of Photography, Director
- *Dark Heart* (2018), series, as Leon Williams
- *The Quiet One* (2018), as Lester
- *Jermaine & Elsie* (2017), Director of Photography, Producer, Director
- *Almost Saw the Sunshine* (2017), as Nathan's Friend · Writer, Executive Producer, Camera Operator, Director
- *Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied* (2016), as Tony (segment "G O'Clock") · Editor, Director
- *CrossRoad* (2016), Post Production Supervisor, Director, Executive Producer, Editor
- *Let's Talk About Gay Sex and Drugs* (2016), Director
- *G O'Clock* (2016), as Tony, Color Grading
- *The Definition of Lonely* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Tut* (2015), series, as Sete
- *Soft Lad* (2015), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
- *Circles* (2015), Director
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Hollyoaks: In the City* (2006), series, as Tank Top
- *Celebrity Fear Factor UK* (2004), series, Actor
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Linford Short
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Director
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, Director

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