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Evan Leighton-Davis

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Evan Leighton-Davis is a writer, director and producer. A former Warner Bros, Universal, Scott Free and Paramount Pictures script consultant, he also worked as a Creative Executive at Ealing Studios (ST TRINIANS, EASY VIRTUE, DORIAN GRAY) before founding leading script consultancy, Industrial Scripts®. His credits include feature films THE SEVERED SUN (Dean Puckett), SWEETHEART (Marley Morrison, BAFTA longlisted) and THE DRIFTERS (Ben Bond). He is Managing Director of Heatseeker Media, a film and TV development finance facility, and is in active development on a slate of projects as a writer, producer and director, including satirical horror THE FREAKS COME OUT, primed for a 2024 shoot. He is represented by United Agents.
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    Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, and Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
    Dorian Gray
    6.2
    • Additional Crew(uncredited)
    • 2009
    Lock In (2016)
    Lock In
    6.4
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2016
    Isla Fisher, Simon Pegg, and Andy Serkis in Burke and Hare (2010)
    Burke and Hare
    6.1
    • Additional Crew(uncredited)
    • 2010

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    Producer



    • Mother's Pride
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
      • 2026
    • Monstrous Beauty
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production



    • The Freaks Come Out (2024)
      The Freaks Come Out
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Severed Sun (2024)
      The Severed Sun
      4.9
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Jo Hartley, Samuel Anderson, Sophia Di Martino, Ella-Rae Smith, Nell Barlow, and Tabitha Byron in Sweetheart (2021)
      Sweetheart
      6.4
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Nansi Love and Melissa Collier in Mairi (2020)
      Mairi
      6.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Stationary (2019)
      Stationary
      6.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Lucie Bourdeu and Jonathan Ajayi in The Drifters (2019)
      The Drifters
      7.3
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Old Beginnings (2019)
      Old Beginnings
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Maddie Holliday in toni_with_an_i (2019)
      toni_with_an_i
      7.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • The Dead Ones (2018)
      The Dead Ones
      6.2
      Short
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018
    • Under the Jericho Sun (2018)
      Under the Jericho Sun
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Clean (2017)
      Clean
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Promise (2017)
      Promise
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Lock In (2016)
      Lock In
      6.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2016

    Writer



    • The Freaks Come Out (2024)
      The Freaks Come Out
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024

    Additional Crew



    • Isla Fisher, Simon Pegg, and Andy Serkis in Burke and Hare (2010)
      Burke and Hare
      6.1
      • development coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
      • 2010
    • Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Tamsin Egerton, Juno Temple, Talulah Riley, Ella Smith, Holli Mckee, Gemma Arterton, and Cloi Mckee in St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
      St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
      5.3
      • development coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville, Carice van Houten, Dominic West, Eliza Bennett, Alex Etel, and Kwaye in From Time to Time (2009)
      From Time to Time
      6.7
      • Development Coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, and Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
      Dorian Gray
      6.2
      • development coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel, and Ben Barnes in Easy Virtue (2008)
      Easy Virtue
      6.6
      • development coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Russell Brand, Talulah Riley, Amara Karan, and Gemma Arterton in St. Trinian's (2007)
      St. Trinian's
      5.8
      • development coordinator: Ealing Studios (uncredited)
      • 2007

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