Kate Winslet stars in biopic Lee, about celebrated war photographer Lee Miller, arriving this autumn. Here’s the first trailer:
Kate Winslet has announced her next project – Lee, a biopic of war photographer Lee Miller.
The cast also includes Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E Scherman, Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, Roland Penrose, Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s, Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue editor Audrey Withers.
It is the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras. The screenplay was written by Liz Hannah, Marion Hume and John Collee, from a story by Hume, Collee and Lem Dobbs. It is adapted from the biography The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Lee portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer,...
Kate Winslet has announced her next project – Lee, a biopic of war photographer Lee Miller.
The cast also includes Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E Scherman, Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, Roland Penrose, Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s, Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue editor Audrey Withers.
It is the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras. The screenplay was written by Liz Hannah, Marion Hume and John Collee, from a story by Hume, Collee and Lem Dobbs. It is adapted from the biography The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Lee portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
“Lee” is a new live-action feature, directed by Ellen Kuras, starring Kate Winslet as a wartime photographer, opening September 27, 2024 in theaters:
“…in the late 1930’s , photographer ‘Lee Miller’ (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France, and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer ‘Roland Penrose’. The two embark on a passionate relationship, then war breaks out in Europe.
“Already a renowned photographer, Miller gains a job completing assignments for ‘British Vogue’, but is shocked by the restrictions placed on female photographers. As the Third Reich Hitler’s takes over Europe, Miller grows increasingly frustrated that her work is constrained by patriarchal rules, leaving her documenting the British home front.
“Determined to be where the action is she defiantly pushes against the establishment and with the blessing of her friend and editor ‘Audrey Withers’, Miller overcomes enormous obstacles and gets...
“…in the late 1930’s , photographer ‘Lee Miller’ (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France, and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer ‘Roland Penrose’. The two embark on a passionate relationship, then war breaks out in Europe.
“Already a renowned photographer, Miller gains a job completing assignments for ‘British Vogue’, but is shocked by the restrictions placed on female photographers. As the Third Reich Hitler’s takes over Europe, Miller grows increasingly frustrated that her work is constrained by patriarchal rules, leaving her documenting the British home front.
“Determined to be where the action is she defiantly pushes against the establishment and with the blessing of her friend and editor ‘Audrey Withers’, Miller overcomes enormous obstacles and gets...
- 5/1/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sky has debuted the trailer for the untold story of Lee Miller, ‘Lee’. Recounting her journey as a pioneering war correspondent and photographer for British Vogue during World War II.
Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and despite the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price.
Cinematographer Ellen Kuras makes her directorial debut in the movie that stars Kate Winslet as American photographer Lee Miller, Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman; Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose; Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s: Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.
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Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and despite the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price.
Cinematographer Ellen Kuras makes her directorial debut in the movie that stars Kate Winslet as American photographer Lee Miller, Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman; Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose; Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s: Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.
Also in trailers – Final trailer swings in for ‘Kingdom...
- 5/1/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kate Winslet‘s Lee finally has a debut teaser trailer.
Lee begins in the late 1930s, as Hitler amasses power in Germany. Miller (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France, and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). The two embark on a passionate relationship, then war breaks out in Europe. Already a renowned photographer, Miller gains a job completing assignments for British Vogue, but is shocked by the restrictions placed on female photographers. As Hitler’s regime takes over Europe, Miller grows increasingly frustrated that her work is constrained by patriarchal rules, leaving her documenting the British home front. Determined to be where the action is she defiantly pushes against the establishment and with the blessing of her friend and editor Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough), Miller overcomes enormous obstacles and gets herself to the frontline of World War II.
Lee begins in the late 1930s, as Hitler amasses power in Germany. Miller (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France, and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). The two embark on a passionate relationship, then war breaks out in Europe. Already a renowned photographer, Miller gains a job completing assignments for British Vogue, but is shocked by the restrictions placed on female photographers. As Hitler’s regime takes over Europe, Miller grows increasingly frustrated that her work is constrained by patriarchal rules, leaving her documenting the British home front. Determined to be where the action is she defiantly pushes against the establishment and with the blessing of her friend and editor Audrey Withers (Andrea Riseborough), Miller overcomes enormous obstacles and gets herself to the frontline of World War II.
- 5/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Kate Winslet plays war photographer Lee Miller in Ellen Kuras’ biopic which is in UK cinemas in September. More on the project below.
Sky has picked up the rights to distribute Ellen Kuras’ Lee, a biopic of war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. Kate Winslet portrays Lee in the film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023.
The stacked cast also includes Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman, Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose, Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s, Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.
Kuras is directing from a script by Liz Hannah, John Collee and Marion Hume. Winslet is also on board as a producer. In fact, Winslet personally paid the...
Sky has picked up the rights to distribute Ellen Kuras’ Lee, a biopic of war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. Kate Winslet portrays Lee in the film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023.
The stacked cast also includes Andy Samberg as Life Magazine photographer David E. Scherman, Alexander Skarsgård as English Surrealist painter, photographer, poet and biographer Roland Penrose, Marion Cotillard as Solange D’Ayen, the fashion director of French Vogue and close friend of Miller’s, Josh O’Connor as Tony, a young journalist and Andrea Riseborough as British Vogue Editor Audrey Withers.
Kuras is directing from a script by Liz Hannah, John Collee and Marion Hume. Winslet is also on board as a producer. In fact, Winslet personally paid the...
- 2/23/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have co-acquired U.S. rights To the WWII drama Lee, marking the feature directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). which stars Academy Award winner Kate Winslet (The Regime) as famed American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller.
The film, written by Liz Hannah (The Post) and Marion Hume & John Collee, is slated to hit theaters September 20th, opening against Sony and Apple’s thriller Wolfs starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney, and Uni animation The Wild Robot.
World premiering at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, Lee begins in the late 1930s, as Hitler amasses power in Germany. Miller (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). The two embark on a passionate relationship, and then war breaks out in Europe.
The film, written by Liz Hannah (The Post) and Marion Hume & John Collee, is slated to hit theaters September 20th, opening against Sony and Apple’s thriller Wolfs starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney, and Uni animation The Wild Robot.
World premiering at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, Lee begins in the late 1930s, as Hitler amasses power in Germany. Miller (Winslet) leaves her world and her artistic circle of friends behind in France and travels to London, having fallen wildly in love with the art dealer Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård). The two embark on a passionate relationship, and then war breaks out in Europe.
- 2/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
From the moment Elizabeth “Lee” Miller (Kate Winslet), an American model turned photographer, meets future husband Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård) at a gathering with her intellectual friends, she gets confrontational. In a matter of a few sentences, Lee dismantles his efforts to be perceived as less bourgeoise than he is. Roland retaliates with a matching appraisal of her fierce facade. But instead of souring their interest in one another, the polite bickering ignites a long-lasting romance.
That early scene in the mostly conventional biopic “Lee,” from cinematographer-turned-director Ellen Kuras, establishes Lee’s abrasively magnetic personality, and offers a ferocious first glance at the imposing dramatic range Winslet summons to portray her.
Based on Antony Penrose’s book “The Lives of Lee Miller,” Kuras’ film uses an interview with a young writer (Josh O’Connor) as its conspicuous framing device. “What do I get in return?” asks an elderly Lee of the...
That early scene in the mostly conventional biopic “Lee,” from cinematographer-turned-director Ellen Kuras, establishes Lee’s abrasively magnetic personality, and offers a ferocious first glance at the imposing dramatic range Winslet summons to portray her.
Based on Antony Penrose’s book “The Lives of Lee Miller,” Kuras’ film uses an interview with a young writer (Josh O’Connor) as its conspicuous framing device. “What do I get in return?” asks an elderly Lee of the...
- 10/31/2023
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
A new trend on the fall festival circuit this year is the biopic of the unknown hero, something that seems unthinkable now in the digital age. There’s One Life, about the Schindler-like achievements of Nicholas Winton, who saved nearly 700 Jewish children from certain death in German-occupied Prague. There’s Rustin, about the gay, Black activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — literally, right down to the toilet facilities — and had to wait 50 years for an official thank-you.
And there’s also Lee, which is slightly different from these previous two films in that its subject — photographer and former model Lee Miller — is pretty well known in all the fields she’s associated with, mostly in the world of art. But Ellen Kuras’ film is a thoughtful attempt to step back from what Miller actually did and to focus on the way she actually did it,...
And there’s also Lee, which is slightly different from these previous two films in that its subject — photographer and former model Lee Miller — is pretty well known in all the fields she’s associated with, mostly in the world of art. But Ellen Kuras’ film is a thoughtful attempt to step back from what Miller actually did and to focus on the way she actually did it,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
If there were an award for the most cinematic cigarette-sucking on film, “Lee” would be a shoo-in. Over the course of the nearly two-hour biopic, Kate Winslet, who stars as the war photographer Lee Miller, is consistently depicted amid a cloud of smoke, satisfying her oral fixation. Sometimes she puffs urgently, seeking to ease her jittery anxiety. In other scenes, she takes her time, her dramatic drags and pregnant pauses signaling that this lady has seen some things, kept some secrets, and survived it all.
Directed by the legendary cinematographer Ellen Kuras, “Lee” is one of the most conventional biopic exercises this year. The film is framed by a long conversation in 1977 between an elderly Lee (Winslet in makeup) and a young journalist, Antony (Josh O’Connor), seeking to chronicle Lee’s life. The pair chat in a moodily lit living room, Antony hunched over piles of Lee’s old photographs as the photographer,...
Directed by the legendary cinematographer Ellen Kuras, “Lee” is one of the most conventional biopic exercises this year. The film is framed by a long conversation in 1977 between an elderly Lee (Winslet in makeup) and a young journalist, Antony (Josh O’Connor), seeking to chronicle Lee’s life. The pair chat in a moodily lit living room, Antony hunched over piles of Lee’s old photographs as the photographer,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Natalia Winkelman
- Indiewire
There are few actors who command the screen like Kate Winslet, and with Ellen Kuras’ Lee, the thespian has one of her sturdiest roles in years. As tenacious, groundbreaking American war photographer Lee Miller, Winslet appears in nearly every scene, dominates nearly every conversation, and says more with an arched eyebrow than many actors can say across pages upon pages of dialogue. Winslet’s work here is every bit as strong as the performances she gave in films like Sense and Sensibility, Revolutionary Road, Little Children, and The Reader. There’s argument to be made that Lee features her finest turn.
What of the film itself? The photography of Lee Miller may have been bold and brilliant, but Ellen Kuras’ Lee isn’t. It’s a fine film, an involving one, and Kuras is best-known as cinematographer for a stellar list of films––Swoon, I Shot Andy Warhol, Summer of Sam,...
What of the film itself? The photography of Lee Miller may have been bold and brilliant, but Ellen Kuras’ Lee isn’t. It’s a fine film, an involving one, and Kuras is best-known as cinematographer for a stellar list of films––Swoon, I Shot Andy Warhol, Summer of Sam,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Kate Winslet has learned to be proud of her body when it comes to stripping off on screen.
The “Titanic” actress is Vogue’s October 2023 cover star, with her talking to the mag about not shying away from nudity in movies and TV shows.
She shared, “I always have to act everything out! I know better than to waste precious energy on criticizing my physical self. I think any woman is better off just saying: I believe in myself. It doesn’t matter what other people think; this is who I am — let’s get on with it.”
Read More: 25 Years Of ‘Titanic’: Kate Winslet Decodes The ‘Magical Formula’ That Made The Film ‘Glorious And Amazing’
Kate Winslet poses for “Vogue”. Credit: Annie Leibovitz/Vogue
During the chat, Winslet spoke about her upcoming movie “Lee”; about photographer Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent...
The “Titanic” actress is Vogue’s October 2023 cover star, with her talking to the mag about not shying away from nudity in movies and TV shows.
She shared, “I always have to act everything out! I know better than to waste precious energy on criticizing my physical self. I think any woman is better off just saying: I believe in myself. It doesn’t matter what other people think; this is who I am — let’s get on with it.”
Read More: 25 Years Of ‘Titanic’: Kate Winslet Decodes The ‘Magical Formula’ That Made The Film ‘Glorious And Amazing’
Kate Winslet poses for “Vogue”. Credit: Annie Leibovitz/Vogue
During the chat, Winslet spoke about her upcoming movie “Lee”; about photographer Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent...
- 9/11/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Ellen Kuras is having a full-circle moment.
The celebrated cinematographer, who has worked for directors including Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Michel Gondry, wanted to be a politically minded filmmaker like Costa-Gavras when she was starting out, but found herself primarily working behind the camera for many years. With “Lee,” a Toronto premiere starring Kate Winslet as famed World War II photographer Lee Miller, she is finally making her debut as a feature film director.
“It’s actually been a pretty smooth glide from the dolly to the director’s chair,” says Kuras, who directed the Oscar-nominated doc “The Betrayal,” commercials and episodes of “Ozark” and “Catch-22” before tackling “Lee.”
Her work on the project is an outgrowth of a connection she made with Winslet as cinematographer on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” At a bookstore, Kuras spotted a tome about Miller, and, taken by Winslet’s likeness to her,...
The celebrated cinematographer, who has worked for directors including Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Michel Gondry, wanted to be a politically minded filmmaker like Costa-Gavras when she was starting out, but found herself primarily working behind the camera for many years. With “Lee,” a Toronto premiere starring Kate Winslet as famed World War II photographer Lee Miller, she is finally making her debut as a feature film director.
“It’s actually been a pretty smooth glide from the dolly to the director’s chair,” says Kuras, who directed the Oscar-nominated doc “The Betrayal,” commercials and episodes of “Ozark” and “Catch-22” before tackling “Lee.”
Her work on the project is an outgrowth of a connection she made with Winslet as cinematographer on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” At a bookstore, Kuras spotted a tome about Miller, and, taken by Winslet’s likeness to her,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Diane Garrett
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s the striking first official image of Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in feature Lee.
The image, shot during filming on location in Croatia, shows Oscar winner Winslet as the pioneering American photographer who covered WWII in Europe for British Vogue.
Filming is ongoing on the directorial debut of respected cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind).
The film is not being called a biopic by Winslet and the producers, but it does explore the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse and defied expectations by travelling to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific.
The image, shot during filming on location in Croatia, shows Oscar winner Winslet as the pioneering American photographer who covered WWII in Europe for British Vogue.
Filming is ongoing on the directorial debut of respected cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind).
The film is not being called a biopic by Winslet and the producers, but it does explore the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse and defied expectations by travelling to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific.
- 10/27/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a development that makes for as hot a package as you’ll find at the Virtual American Film Market, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor will join Kate Winslet in Lee, the Ellen Kuras-directed film about the wartime experiences of Lee Miller. Miller traded a glamorous career as a Vogue cover model and muse to artists like Man Ray for a dangerous career as a WWII photographer who chronicled the fighting on the allied front lines and exposed the atrocities that Hitler’s Nazi Germany perpetrated on Jews in concentration camps.
Rocket Science, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will broker deals at the market.
Winslet and Kuras — the cinematographer-turned-helmer whose docu The Betrayal was Oscar nominated and who is making her narrative directing debut — took time out to lay out for Deadline the beats of a sprawling film that touches on the power of feminism,...
Rocket Science, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will broker deals at the market.
Winslet and Kuras — the cinematographer-turned-helmer whose docu The Betrayal was Oscar nominated and who is making her narrative directing debut — took time out to lay out for Deadline the beats of a sprawling film that touches on the power of feminism,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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