---
name: "Michael Lesslie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-lesslie"
fi1m_id: "michael-lesslie"
imdb_id: "nm2078681"
tmdb_id: 1273117
wikidata_id: "Q104762238"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 November 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-22T04:29:48.750755+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."
---

# Michael Lesslie

## Identity

Michael Lesslie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-lesslie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-lesslie
- **IMDb ID:** nm2078681
- **TMDB ID:** 1273117
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104762238
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lesslie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104762238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2078681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1273117

Writer. Born 1 November 1983 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 November 1983, UK
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Mike Lesslie
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Simpson](https://film.one/person/brad-simpson.md), [Francis Lawrence](https://film.one/person/francis-lawrence.md), [Laura Hastings-Smith](https://film.one/person/laura-hastings-smith.md), [Nina Jacobson](https://film.one/person/nina-jacobson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 65 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $597m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lesslie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104762238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2078681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1273117

## Coming up

- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026-11-18), Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)
- *Fast Forever* (2028-03-16), Writer
- *Untitled X-Men Film* (2028-05-04), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Now You See Me: Now You Don't*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md) (57)

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Fi1m 57, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Macbeth* (2015), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Rescue* (2021), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rescue.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Untitled X-Men Film* (2028), Writer
- *Fast Forever* (2028), Writer
- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026), Screenplay — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)
- *Hamlet* (2026), Writer, Producer
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *Dope Girls* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *The Pigeon Tunnel* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Thirteen Lives* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Rescue* (2021), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rescue.md)
- *Locked Down* (2021), Producer
- *Citizen K* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (2018), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-little-drummer-girl.md)
- *Assassin's Creed* (2016), Screenplay
- *Macbeth* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md)
- *Eleanor* (2015), Writer
- *Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space* (2007), Writer
- *Heavy Metal Drummer* (2005), Writer
- *Legacy of Spies*, series, Executive Producer

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