‘I make a project so I can escape in its resonance, so when the audience watch they can resonate in their escapism. Make sense?'
LEON MAYNE IS AN AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER AND PRODUCER REPRESENTED BY CAA.
KNOWN FOR HIS THEMATIC STORIES, NATURAL DIALOGUE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER STORYTELLING, HE HAS BROUGHT RELATABILITY TO A VARIETY OF SCREENS ACROSS DIGITAL, TV AND FILM. HIS WORK HAS EARNED HIM A FEATURE IN POWERFUL MEDIA’S EDITION OF ‘BRITAIN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN CARIBBEAN HERITAGE’, BBC’S ‘TALENT HOTLIST’, THE TV COLLECTIVE & FREEMANTLE’S ‘BREAKTHROUGH LEADER’ AND A SCREEN NATION ‘DIGITAL VANGUARD AWARD’.
TV
Leon is currently penning a drama project with BBC via his production company, with Jolyon Symonds (‘Soulmates’, ‘The Critic’) as his co-executive producer. He’s also began pilot and series development on an original comedy for ITV.
As co-founder of multi-award winning production company BWNG Ltd, a ‘Black HBO’ collective dedicated to pithy and autonomy-driven projects - no fewer than 4 of Leon’s productions are currently broadcast on TV, Airlines &/or SVOD platforms in over 80 countries worldwide including his debut project BROTHERS WITH NO GAME. The flagship show is also poised for a US adaptation powered by AGC Studios.
Leon has recently served as script editor on a host of exciting projects including Series 2 of ITV medical thriller MALPRACTICE (World), upcoming Channel 4 comedy THE PHARMACY (Objective Fiction), and critically acclaimed BBC and A24 comedy series DREAMING WHILST BLACK (Big Deal).
DIGITAL
Leon was in development with Emmy-nominated production company Untold Studios on an original animated series - as well as recently completing work on an original cross-Atlantic rom-com LONG HAUL, which will begin as an audio-drama in 2025. He is in production for a brand new season of talk series THE CIRCLE for Youtube and podcast respectively.
As well as multi-million views of webseries on the Brothers With No Game Youtube Channel, Leon via BWNG Ltd has a distribution deal with TRACE for the streaming broadcast of projects including Screen Nation award winner HOW DID WE GET HERE?’ and talk show SO HE SAYS.
Leon also co-developed a short form promo concept with Netflix for cult series THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD , storylined music videos for the late Cadet, M Huncho, and Central Cee respectively - and joined Curate Films to deliver branded content.
FILM
Leon was producer of BBC and BFI sci-fi short film BINGE WATCHING and commissioner/exec producer of newcomer Chantelle Aboorah’s drama short NIA for BBC Drama.
He is also developing a short film anthology series CONVERSE, as well as sci-fi collaboration UNTIMELY with filmmaker and music video director Dapo ‘DAPS’ Fagbenle.
His short film project THIRD ACT is available to watch on Black&SexyTV and Canal Plus.