Leslie Megahey was a British television producer, director and writer. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Thomas Megahey (a minister) and Beatrice (née Walton), Leslie Megahey was educated at King Edward VI School in Lichfield. Early works for the BBC included Canvas: 7: Sunflowers: Van Gogh (1971), and Omnibus File: Thrillers and Crime Fiction (1972). He was the editor of the BBC television documentary series Arena (1977–79; 1982–83); during his time on the series he divided it into Arena Theatre and Arena Art and Design, and Arena became less of a magazine-style programme and more a home for short, distinctive and stylish films about mainly British theatre and visual arts. During this period his programme Henry Moore Meets Leonardo (1978) was broadcast, in which the sculptor Henry Moore discussed Leonardo Da Vinci's anatomical drawings. His two-part Arena special The Orson Welles Story (1982) programmes won a 'Best Documentary' BAFTA in 1983. (Wikipedia)
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 22, 1944
- August 27, 2022 (aged 77)
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Director, writer and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Leslie Megahey's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Leslie Megahey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Pluto TV (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Leslie Megahey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Earth(2007)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Advocate(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Complete 'Citizen Kane' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Duke Bluebeard's Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Cariani and the Courtesans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Artists and Models (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Orson Welles Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Dallas — The Big Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
We Think the World of You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Quinn Running (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Schalcken the Painter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Tolkien in Oxford (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles from 1967 to 2007.
How do Leslie Megahey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.