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name: "Lesley Paterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lesley-paterson"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "12 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-19T21:36:27.875047+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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# Lesley Paterson

Producer. Born 12 October 1980 in Stirling.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 12 October 1980, Stirling
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Paterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820741, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1684737

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All Quiet on the Western Front*](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md) (72)

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## Biography

Lesley Paterson is a Scottish screenwriter and triathlete. Born in Stirling, she co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 Netflix film *All Quiet on the Western Front* with Ian Stokell, based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. They acquired the film rights in 2006, and the project was eventually directed by Edward Berger as a German-language production.

The film received widespread acclaim and won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Paterson, Stokell and Berger. Paterson is also credited as an executive producer. She has competed successfully in off-road triathlon, winning the XTERRA Triathlon World Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2018, as well as the World Triathlon Cross Championship in 2012 and 2018.

*Sources: wsj.com, cnn.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), Fi1m 72, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (2022), Screenplay, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/all-quiet-on-the-western-front.md)
- *The Craving* (2008), as Jeannie
- *Man’s Search for Meaning*, Writer
- *Untitled Bertha Benz Film*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *All Quiet on the Western Front*

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

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