Leviathan Films was established in 2004 by UK based producer/director Nigel Levy.
Graduating with degrees in physics and philosophy, Nigel has become a highly sought after director producing programmes for major national and international TV networks. Moving between documentary and drama, his films have a reputation for combining stunning visuals with intimate, emotional story telling.
He developed his original turn-of-the-century thriller Sleight of Hand with Pulitzer Prize winning writer David Mamet attached as screenwriter. With Leviathan he now has a further slate of feature films under development, as producer and director. For TV he has directed and written a number of high profile drama-documentary series. These have included Disaster for the BBC, and Human Prey/Eaten Alive for Discovery and Animal Planet. His hit series, Fatal Attractions, is currently airing on Animal Planet.
As a documentary maker, he has produced and directed for the multi-award winning BBC science series Horizon. Other productions include the acclaimed observational documentary The Language Master for BBC2, and the RTS Award Winning Short Circuit again for the BBC. For Discovery Asia he established and directed the series Crossings, in which he profiled the legendary Hong Kong star Jackie Chan and the Chinese actress and director Joan Chen (The Last Emperor). He recently directed the feature-length arts documentary The Da Vinci Detective for Channel 4.
His also directs commercials (throughout Asia and in the UK) including a series for Panasonic highlighting their involvement in the Beijing Olympic Games and has worked in the theatre, as assistant director at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
Graduating with degrees in physics and philosophy, Nigel has become a highly sought after director producing programmes for major national and international TV networks. Moving between documentary and drama, his films have a reputation for combining stunning visuals with intimate, emotional story telling.
He developed his original turn-of-the-century thriller Sleight of Hand with Pulitzer Prize winning writer David Mamet attached as screenwriter. With Leviathan he now has a further slate of feature films under development, as producer and director. For TV he has directed and written a number of high profile drama-documentary series. These have included Disaster for the BBC, and Human Prey/Eaten Alive for Discovery and Animal Planet. His hit series, Fatal Attractions, is currently airing on Animal Planet.
As a documentary maker, he has produced and directed for the multi-award winning BBC science series Horizon. Other productions include the acclaimed observational documentary The Language Master for BBC2, and the RTS Award Winning Short Circuit again for the BBC. For Discovery Asia he established and directed the series Crossings, in which he profiled the legendary Hong Kong star Jackie Chan and the Chinese actress and director Joan Chen (The Last Emperor). He recently directed the feature-length arts documentary The Da Vinci Detective for Channel 4.
His also directs commercials (throughout Asia and in the UK) including a series for Panasonic highlighting their involvement in the Beijing Olympic Games and has worked in the theatre, as assistant director at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
His high profile as a director in Asia led to him being featured in a global campaign promoting international media talent who have used Singapore as an Asian Media hub; Singapore Media Fusion.
Nigel appeared in an advertising campaign for Panasonic, endorsing their new pro-sumer HDC-SD1 camera.
Nigel appeared in an advertising campaign for Panasonic, endorsing their new pro-sumer HDC-SD1 camera.