---
name: "Leslee Udwin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leslee-udwin"
fi1m_id: "leslee-udwin"
imdb_id: "nm0879889"
tmdb_id: 69903
wikidata_id: "Q19421046"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:27:09.079882+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."
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# Leslee Udwin

## Identity

Leslee Udwin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leslee-udwin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leslee-udwin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0879889
- **TMDB ID:** 69903
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19421046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslee_Udwin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19421046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69903

Producer. Born 1 January 1957 in Savyon.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, Savyon
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslee_Udwin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19421046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69903

## Biography

Leslee Udwin is a British filmmaker, producer and former actress. Born in Savyon, Israel, to a European Jewish family, she began her career as an actress in South Africa and the United Kingdom before moving into production.

In 1989 she founded Assassin Films. Her productions include the feature films *East Is East* (1999) and *West Is West* (2010). *East Is East* won the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. She directed and produced the documentary *India's Daughter* (2015).

Following the documentary, Udwin founded the education charity Think Equal, of which she is executive chair.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *East Is East* (1999), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *India's Daughter* (2015), Director, Producer, Writer
- *West Is West* (2010), Producer
- *Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution* (2007), Producer
- *The One and Only* (2002), Producer
- *Independent Lens* (1999), series, Director, Producer
- *East Is East* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *Eldorado* (1992), series, as Joy Slater
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Ottilie Meissonier
- *Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files* (1990), as Nuray Azim
- *Sitting Targets* (1989), as Vikki
- *Shadow of the Noose* (1989), series, as Henriette Kroeger, Henriette Marshall Hall
- *Die Flucht ohne Ende* (1985), series, as Alja
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Vikki
- *The Merchant of Venice* (1980), as Jessica

## Gallery

- ![Picture from a video with Peabody Awards on Vimeo (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/89069/gallery-18c3c884fab4.jpg) Picture from a video with Peabody Awards on Vimeo (2016) — Peabody Awards, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Lesleeudwin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This photo includes Executive Producer of Independent Lens, Lois Vossen, and Director of "India's Daughter" Leslee Udwin. (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College,](https://film.one/media/person/89069/gallery-a31b0255f4b4.jpg) This photo includes Executive Producer of Independent Lens, Lois Vossen, and Director of "India's Daughter" Leslee Udwin. (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, — (Photo/Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, freemans@uga.edu in New York City, Georgia, on Saturday, May 21, 2016), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lois_Vossen_and_Leslee_Udwin_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_Independent_Lens-India%27s_Daughter.jpg/1280px-Lois_Vossen_and_Leslee_Udwin_at_the_75th_Annual_Peabody_Awards_for_Independent_Lens-India%27s_Daughter.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![P1140027 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/89069/gallery-c38d8589b6b5.jpg) P1140027 (2015) — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/P1140027_%2817223616286%29.jpg/1280px-P1140027_%2817223616286%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![P1140030 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/89069/gallery-2353baca5ce3.jpg) P1140030 (2015) — aphrodite-in-nyc from new york city, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/P1140030_%2817063353189%29.jpg/1280px-P1140030_%2817063353189%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2000: Best British Film (won)

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

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