Leo Davis and Lissy Holm

Leo Davis and Lissy Holm have worked together for over thirty years on a wide range of British and International Independent films.

Their long working relationship with director Stephen Frears includes the films The Snapper (1993), The Van (1996), Liam (2000), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), The Deal (2003), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), The Queen (2006), Cheri (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010) Philomena, (2013), The Program (2015), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), Victoria & Abdul (2017), A Very English Scandal (2018 BBC), Quiz (2019 ITV), The Lost King (2021) and most recently The Regime (2022 HBO).

Leo and Lissy have also worked on projects with acclaimed directors such as Fernando Meirelles, Michael Apted, Arnaud Desplechin, Roland Emmerich, Michael Winterbottom, Lars Von Trier and Wim Wenders. A selection from their long list of credits includes: Dungeons & Dragons (Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley 2021),Waiting for the Barbarians (Ciro Guera 2019) Black Widow (Cate Shortland 2019) The Colony (Tim Fehlbaum 2018), Unlocked (Michael Apted 2016), Fallen (Scott Hicks 2016), The Ones Below (David Farr, 2015) Emperor (Lee Tamahori, 2015), Everything Will be Fine (Wim Wenders 2015), The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes; 2013), Redemption (Steve Knight 2013), The Physician (Philipp Stolzl 2013), Closer to the Moon (Nai Caranfil 2013), 360 (Fernando Meirelles 2011), All in Good Time (Nigel Cole 2012), Anonymous (Roland Emmerich 2011), Cemetery Junction (Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant 2010), Antichrist (Lars Von Trier 2009), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Bharat Nalluri 2008), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Mark Herman 2008), 10,000BC (Roland Emmerich 2008), Hannibal Rising (Peter Webber 2007), The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles 2005), Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn 2004), Girl with a Pearl Earring (Peter Webber 2003), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (Mike Hodges 2003), Dust (Milcho Manchevski 2001), Skagerrak (Soren Kragh-Jacobsen 2003), Esther Kahn (Arnaud Despleschin 2000), When Brendan Met Trudy (2000), Felicia’s Journey (Aton Egoyan 1999), The Last September (Deborah Warner 1999), Sunshine (Istvan Szabo 1999), Croupier (Mike Hodges 1998), Les Miserables (Bille August 1998).

Their television work includes: Mr Loverman (BBC), Those About to Die (Roland Emmerich for Peacock), King Shaka (CBS), The Fear Index (Sky Alantic), Sitting in Limbo (BBC), White Lines (Netflix), Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (BBC), Will (TNT), Titanic Blood & Steel (DAP/RAI), Zen (BBC), Family (BBC) and UK Casting on Borgen (DR Fiktion) and season 2 of Succession (Amazon).

They received Primetime Emmy nominations for their work on the History Channel’s Roots in 2016 and Hulu’s The Looming Tower in 2018.