Lee (upcoming film)

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Lee
Directed by Ellen Kuras
Screenplay by
Based onThe Lives of Lee Miller
by Antony Penrose
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Paweł Edelman
Edited by Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Production
companies
  • Hopscotch Films
  • Rocket Science
  • Hantz Motion Pictures
  • Sky Original [1]
  • Pasaca Entertainment
  • Brouhaha Entertainment
  • Juggle Films
  • 55 Films
  • Vogue Studios
Distributed by
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lee is an upcoming biographical film directed by Ellen Kuras and written by Lem Dobbs, Marion Hume, John Collee and Liz Hannah, based on The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose. It stars Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller.

Contents

Premise

Lee Miller goes from a career as a glamour model to enlisting as a photographer to chronicle the events of World War II.

Cast

Production

The project first began development in October 2015, with Kate Winslet attached to star as Miller. [3] In June 2020, cinematographer Ellen Kuras was set to direct the film, with Liz Hannah writing the screenplay. [4]

The biggest development on the film came in October 2021, when Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O'Connor joined the cast, with a crew including Alexandre Desplat as composer, Michael O'Connor as costume designer, cinematographer Paweł Edelman and Ivana Primorac as head makeup and hair artist. [5] In February 2022, Andy Samberg was announced as being part of the cast. [6] He would be confirmed in October alongside additional castings including Alexander Skarsgård, who replaced Law in his role. [1]

Filming began in late September 2022 in Croatia. [7] Production paused for a small period of time that month when Winslet slipped during filming. [8] It also shot in Hungary, and filming was wrapped in early December. [9]

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