Ms. Morrison ventured into the world of design at the age of 16; providing artwork for racing cars, suits and helmets for Parabolica Motorsports Ltd in England. From there, Lesley-Anne studied Art at Wimbledon School of Art in England. After gaining her BTEC diploma, Lesley-Anne exhibited her paintings and ceramics in several galleries outside of London; picking up her first clients at 19.
At the end of 1997, Ms. Morrison moved on to study Archaeology at the University of Exeter; where she enjoyed using her skills on digs, drawing artifacts. After graduating with her BA (Hons) in 2000, Lesley-Anne traveled to Morocco, Goa and the Seychelles, where she earned money as a Photographer.
After working as a Gallery Assistant for Marlborough Fine Art Gallery in London, Ms. Morrison moved to New York to study filmmaking. Since graduating in 2003, Lesley-Anne has endeavored to maintain a balance between making films and creating art; having had several drawings and photographs published in issues of The Expressions Journal magazine.
Lesley-Anne's current abstract collection, provokes a more emotional response than her previous artwork; combining her skills as a photographer and oil painter.
Ms. Morrison has worked her way up the filmmaking ladder - from PA to Producer - before and after graduating from The New York Film Academy in 2003.
Lesley-Anne's experience, working as a PA on spec commercials for Levi's and other international clothing companies, helped develop her creative eye. She used her knowledge when working as a Cinematographer on the short film, "
Last Night"; which held its World Premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival in 2004. In the same year, Lesley-Anne impressed the team behind the feature film, "
Brooklyn Bound", as she worked her way up to Production Coordinator of the Emerging Filmmaker's Award Winner at the
27th Starz Denver International Film Festival.
Ms. Morrison's experience on the Assistant Director's team of "
Spy Game" (2001), prepared her well for her directorial debut, "
W.M.D.", in 2005. Her venture into Writing and Directing resulted in this short film being screened at 8 festivals in 8 months; including its World Premiere at the Washington DC International Film Festival, the 13th Raindance Film Festival in London and the
New Directors: New Visions Film Festival in Paris.
After working as a crew member, Lesley-Anne decided to try her hand at Producing with the HD feature film, "
December Ends". Everyone's efforts paid off and the film won several awards including "Best Drama" at the
Method Fest Film Festival in 2006.
Several script ideas, feature films and self-taught skills later, Ms. Morrison used her experience and success as a Script Supervisor, Coordinator, Writer and Director to start her own production company. Today, Bigba Productions LLC continues to go from strength to strength; working with both Independent clients and established Production companies.
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