Lennie Varvarides

DYSPLA
Producer

London, England

Member Since:
May 2016

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About Lennie

DYSPLA – the new word for dyslexic storymakers, the word that stands up for the untold stories you are yet to write and develops the stories you have written, – DYSPLA – the word that encourages you to dream, turning one script at a time into a new culture shifting conversation that changes lives. Putting dyslexics and their work into the public sphere; proving that if you can write it we can make it. Making you the contender!

Unique traits: Is dyslexia a trait? I've made a day job of developing and producing the work of dyslexic storymakers and am keen to expand my network of dyslexic and neurodiverse makers out there - esp keen to connect to London based dyslexic storymakers. Now, that must be unique...

Gender:
female

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Lucid (2018)
Film Casting department
Quadraturin (2018)
Film Casting director
Shamed (2017)
TV Movie Casting department
City of Tiny Lights (2016)
Film (Crime, Drama and Thriller) Casting department 'City Of Tiny Lights' is a witty gumshoe in contemporary (sub)urban London. When Asian Private Eye, Tommy Akhtar, is put on the trail of missing hooker, Sexy Russian, he begins to expose a series of dark secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about Tommy's own past and London itself. Written by NDF International
Charlie (2016)
Film Casting director
Bueno Key (2016)
Film (Short, Crime, Drama and Romance) Casting director A true story by of how art changes a drug dealer at the cost of his relationship with the love of his life. This gritty short film explores how art allows for expression and the illusion of escapism, yet it is shattered by the brutal reality of addiction.
Genesis (2016)
Film (Sci-Fi) Casting department Add a Plot »
Winter (2015)
Film (Drama) Casting department Forty something, foul-mouthed and aggressive, with an unquenchable thirst for booze and fags, when we first meet Woods Weston he appears to be a hopeless case. But, as the narrative unfolds, it reveals a once successful and charismatic man capable of great sensitivity, an accomplished artist, a loving husband and a committed father consumed by grief who must come to terms with an emotional breakdown in order to save his relationship with his two young sons, 19 year-old Tom and 14 year-old Max.
Murder Maps (2015)
Television (Crime and History) Casting department This drama-doc series takes us back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. Nicholas Day guides us into into the world of the killer as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice. Written by 3DD Productions
Breaking the Bank (2014)
Film (Comedy) Casting department With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?
Royals the Series (2014)
Television Casting department Add a Plot »
Evil Never Dies (2014)
Film (Horror and Thriller) Casting department Ex-gangster HARRY PAYNE leaves prison after serving ten years for the murder of his best friend and gang boss EUGENE McCANN. Retiring to a small village in Norfolk to care for his innocent but vulnerable wife SUSAN PAYNE, Harry believes he has finally left his violent past behind. Instead, he becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome occult murders. As the villagers fear the return of the ghostly "White Lady of Rayleton", the embittered but brilliant Detective Inspector DAVID BRACKEN and his young assistant, DS BELINDA CHURCHILL target Harry. However, unknown to anyone, Harry has psychic abilities he has always suppressed with alcohol. Now he must confront the supernatural and his own personal demons to save his wife and free the tormented souls of the ghosts that haunt him. Written by John Mangan
DYSPLA_mentary (2013)
Film (Documentary, Short and Adventure) Director The inner workings of a London based dyslexic cult, called DYSPLA. Featuring key players from the only festival in the world to celebrate dyslexic narrative.
Scar Tissue (2013)
Film (Thriller) Casting department A young man is stalked by a serial killer who supposedly died decades ago.
Unrequited (2012)
Film (Short, Drama and Romance) Casting department The friendship between a boy and a girl gets tested when one of them confesses their true feelings.
Candle to Water (2012)
Film (Drama) Casting department To present five different contemporary stories involving different characters as one feature film. What these stories have in common is their expression of the way relational dysfunction prompts people to enact physical and/or emotional violence against themselves, each other or society. This common theme may be represented by a physical object or act that is not necessarily relevant to the plot, but which serves as a visual metaphor for the challenges facing different characters in different situations, who are confronted by the same problems. Written by Nick Green
The Seasoning House (2012)
Film (Drama, Horror and Thriller) Casting department In 1996, in the Balkans, the population of a small town is slaughtered by a militia under the command of the inhuman Goran that abducts young girls for prostitution in a brothel owned by the cruel Viktor. The deaf Angel that witnessed the execution of her mother has a weird birth mark on the face and Viktor chooses her to housework; to put makeup and drug the girls for the clients; and cleaning them up after the brutal encounters. Angel also sneaks between the walls and ventilation ducts during the night. Angel befriends the girl Vanya that knows the language of the deaf. When Goran returns to the house with his men, Angel witnesses one of them raping and killing Vanya and she revenges her new friend killing the man. Now Goran and his men are hunting her down and she is trapped in the house. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil