Director
Lee Campbell
Writer
Writer
Biography
** HONORABLE MENTION ** for ‘One Day’ at MIDWEST POETRY VIDEO FEST, 2026
**Award nomination for Best Gay Porn Short for ‘Lee in Leatherland’ Porn Film Festival Vienna, Vienna 2026**
*FINALIST, IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL 2025 for 'ONE DAY', 'DOG BOY' and 'UNCHARTED (THE CARTOGRAPHER) (2025) *
*WINNER of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for 'SEE ME' (2021) at Ealing Film Festival 2022*
* SHORTLISTED FOR OUTSPOKEN PRIZE FOR POETRY BEST FILM 2023 for 'SEE ME' (2021) *
*SELECTED FOR THE ONE MINUTE SERIES 'FIXATIONS BY BUTT MAGAZINE 2024*
Dr Lee Campbell is an artist, performance poet, experimental filmmaker, writer, Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London (UAL) and curator/founder of Homo Humour, the first of its kind project on contemporary queer male film and moving image practices that explore humour and LGBTQ+ storytelling and has screened all over the world since 2020.
He is also founder of POW!
Play on Words, a vibrant, boundary-pushing poetry, film and performance platform which he currently co-curates with Colin B.
RECENT SELECTED AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
f2026 ** HONORABLE MENTION ** for ‘One Day’ at MIDWEST POETRY VIDEO FEST, Award nomination for Best Gay Porn Short for ‘Lee in Leatherland’ Porn Film Festival Vienna, Vienna
2025 Finalist for ‘One Day’, ‘Uncharted (The Cartographer)’, and ‘Dog Boy’, Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Cardiff, Wales
2025 Finalist for ‘One Day’, Absurd Arthouse Film Festival, Isle of Sheppey, U.K
2024 Finalist for ‘Hot Mess’ and ‘STD’, Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Cardiff, Wales
2024 Runner-up, Best Animation for ‘Reclaiming My Voice’, Gilbert Baker Film Festival, USA
2024 Nominee for Best Experimental Film for ‘Periscope’, Fisheye Film Festival, Bucks, U.K
2024 Nominee for Best Experimental Film for ‘Proper Shave’, Fisheye Film Festival, Bucks, U.K
2024 Nominee for Best Experimental Film for ‘Press Eject’, Fisheye Film Festival, Bucks, U.K
2023 Finalist for ‘Periscope’, Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize Nominee for Best Experimental Short for Michael in the Mountains’, Appalachian Queer Film Festival, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
2023 Finalist for ‘Slang Bang’ and ‘Rufus’, Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Cardiff, Wales
2023 Finalist for ‘Bears with Bananas and Bubbles in Their Boxers’ The Artists Spoken Word Competition, NYC, USA
2023 Winner of Best Micro Short for 'The Colour of His Eyes', Under Appreciated Film Festival Semi-Finalist for 'Head Boy', Neum Underwater Film Festival, Neum, Bosnia
2023 Honorable Mention for 'SEE ME', Los Angeles Underground Film Forum, Los Angeles, USA
2023 Honorable Mention for 'SEE ME' and 'Juniper Park', Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, USA
2023 Shortlisted for BEST POETRY FILM for ‘SEE ME’, Out-Spoken Poetry Prize 2023, Southbank Centre, London
2023 WINNER of BEST ANIMATED SHORT for ‘Rufus’ at The Rooster Film Festival, Portland, USA 2
2023 Honorable Mention for 'Let Rip: Teenage Scrapbook' at REELPOETRY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Houston, Texas, USA
2022 WINNER of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for ‘SEE ME’, Ealing Film Festival, London
2022 Finalist for ‘Apple of My Eye’, Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize Finalist for ‘See Shells’, Drumshanbo Written Word Weekend Poetry Film Competition, Drumshanbo, Ireland
2022 Juan Downey International Contest (Finalist), Chile
2022 Hombres Video Poetry Award (Finalist) for ‘SEE ME’, SlamContemporary, Italy
2022 Finalist for ‘Rufus’, MicroMania Film Festival 2022, Buffalo, NY, USA
2022 Finalist for ‘The Perfect Crime: A Doggy Whodunnit’, Absurd Art House Film Festival Finalist for ‘Reclaiming my Voice’, Vesuvius International Film Festival
2022 Honorable Special Mention Award, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2021 Best Psychedelic Fantasy film winner for 'See Me' (2020), Retro Avant Garde Film Festival NYC, Semi-Finalist, Serbest International Film Festival Honorable Mention, Splice Film Festival, New York
2021 Nominee for Best Original Concept and Best Atmosphere Independent Horror Movie Awards Honorable Mention Award for 'See Me' (2020), Screener Short Films
2021 Kosice International Film Festival (Finalist)
2021 Best Kent Film nominee for ‘Peer’ (2020), Margate Bookie Film Festival
2021 Honorable Special Mention Award, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
2020 Semi-Finalist (3rd place winner), Splice Film Festival, New York
2019 Special Mention Award, London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival
Professional work
53 projectsSelected Credits & Filmography
Director · 53 creditsWriter · 1 credit
Director
GRANDMOTHER, APPLE CART SELLER (2026)
Experimental, Short
Director
I BARTERED WITH THE FLOWER STAND LADY AT SOUTH KEN STATION (2026)
Experimental, Short
Director
IF I MAY BE SO BOLD (MY MAGICAL MYSTICAL SECATEURS) (2026)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
JONN, WE'RE ONLY (POLE) DANCING (2026)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
MANIFESTO (2026)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director · Writer
NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN BUT OLD BROOM KNOWS ALL CORNERS (2026)
Animation, Experimental
Director
PLANT WITH JOY (2026)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
RIP STRIP (CONFESSIONS OF A SCRAPBOOK BOY) (2026)
Experimental, Short
Director
SCOOBY DO (2026)
Experimental, Short
Director
SUCH PRETTY FORKS IN THE RIVER (2026)
Animation, Experimental
Director
THAT VERY NIGHT IN MAX'S ROOM A FOREST GREW (2026)
Experimental, Short
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Director
DEAR SOHO (FULL LENGTH 'BIGGER THAN THE NIGHT SKY' VERSION) (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
DOUBLETHINK (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
LEE IN LEATHERLAND (2025)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
ONE DAY (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
POWER BOTTOM (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
PRICK (2025)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
SLOW REVEAL (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
THE HEART IS A MUSCLE (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LEGLESS (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
THE RIVER AS (2025)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
THE TROUBADOUR (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
TWENTY-ONE FLOORS UP (2025)
Short
Director
UNCHARTED (THE CARTOGRAPHER) (2024)
Experimental, Short
Director
WHITE HEAT, WHITE LIES, PAPER SNOW, PAPER SKIES (2025)
Experimental, Short
Director
ADVENTURES OF RUFUS (2024)
Director
DOG BOY (2024)
Animation, Experimental
Director
HOT MESS (2024)
Experimental, Short
Director
MAPPING PINS (2024)
Experimental, Short
Director
POSH NOSH (2024)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
QUEERING THE LANDSCAPE (2024)
Experimental, Short
Director
STD (2024)
Experimental, Short
Director
THE RECKLESS HOMOSEXUAL (2024)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
DANCING WITH SPIDERS (2023)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
SLANGBANG (2023)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
CAMP (2022) (LONG VERSION)
Experimental, Short
Director
HEAD BOY (2022)
Experimental, Short
Director
JUICY LUCY (2022)
Experimental, Short
Director
LET RIP: TEENAGE SCRAPBOOK (POETRY FILM)
Experimental, Short
Director
RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
Experimental, Short
Director
RUFUS (2022)
Animation, Experimental, Short
Director
THE BOY AT THE WINDOW (2022)
Experimental, Short
Director
THE TALE OF BENNY HARRIS (2022)
Experimental, Short
Director
'CLEVER AT SEEING, WITHOUT BEING SEEN' (2021) LIVE ZOOM PERFORMANCE
Performance
Director
SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and 2020
Experimental, Short
Director
SPINACH AND EGGS (2021)
Experimental, Short
Director
LET RIP: BODIES LEAN AND RIPPED (2020)
Experimental, Short
Director
LET RIP: THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: POEM VERSION
Experimental, Short
Director
SATISFACTION (YOU'RE MATCHED, SAY HELLO) (2020)
Experimental, Short
Director
SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and
Director
HOW CAN I GET MY PARTNER TO BE MY FINGER? (2019)
Experimental, Short
Director
LET RIP: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SEEING AND NOT SEEING (2019)
Experimental, Short
Education
Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
Masters
Loughborough University
PhD
Awards & Official Selections
Honorable Mention
ONE DAY (2025)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
PORN FILM FESTIVAL VIENNA · LEE IN LEATHERLAND (2025)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
LONDON FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL · LEE IN LEATHERLAND (2025)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
S.L.U.R.P FILM FESTIVAL · LEE IN LEATHERLAND (2025)
Official Selection
Brockleywood Nights, Brockley Max Festival · PLANT WITH JOY (2026)
Official Selection
Poetry Film Live · ONE DAY (2025)
FINALIST
Absurd Art House Film Festival · ONE DAY (2025)
Official Selection
Gilbert Baker Film Festival: An International LGBTQIA+ Tribute to Creator of the Rainbow Flag · ONE DAY (2025)
Official Selection
Brockleywood Nights · ONE DAY (2025)
Official Selection
Film Vault Presents · ONE DAY (2025)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
BROCKLEYWOOD NIGHTS · PRICK (2025)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
FILM VAULT PRESENTS · PRICK (2025)
FINALIST
IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL · UNCHARTED (THE CARTOGRAPHER) (2024)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL · DOG BOY (2024)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
EXPLODING CINEMA · QUEERING THE LANDSCAPE (2024)
Official Selection
Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival · HOT MESS (2024)
Official Selection
QUEER ECOLOGY · QUEERING THE LANDSCAPE (2024)
Official Selection
8° Festival ECRÃ · ADVENTURES OF RUFUS (2024)
Official Selection
Queer Visions · ADVENTURES OF RUFUS (2024)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
MICROACTS 8 ARTIST FILM SCREENINGS · THE RECKLESS HOMOSEXUAL (2024)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
POST PXRN FILM FESTIVAL WARSAW · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
Official Selection
Norwich Queer International Festival of Film · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
Official Selection
Porn Film Festival Vienna · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
Official Selection
Norwich Queer International Festival of Film · SLANGBANG (2023)
Official Selection
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival · HEAD BOY (2022)
Official Selection
Reel Poetry Film Festival 2024 · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
Official Selection
Homografia Film Festival · SLANGBANG (2023)
Official Selection
7th Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival · SLANGBANG (2023)
Official Selection
Porn Film Festival Barcelona 2023 · SLANGBANG (2023)
Official Selection
Kinoclub goes Sompasauna · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
Official Selection
Octopus Marquee Independent Film Festival 2023 · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Scream Queer - Eros and Thanatos · SLANGBANG (2023)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
POST PXRN FILM FESTIVAL WARSAW · SLANGBANG (2023)
Offiical Selection
Failed Films Festival · JUICY LUCY (2022)
Offiical Selection
NSFW Film Festival · SPOKESFIST (A FISTFUL OF FUN IN THE GAY SAUNA AS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR'S FIST) (2023)
Official Selection
Hacker Porn Film Festival · JUICY LUCY (2022)
Official Selection
Porn Film Festival · JUICY LUCY (2022)
Official Selection
Queer Shorts Vienna · HEAD BOY (2022)
SEMI-FINALIST
Neum Underwater Film Festival · HEAD BOY (2022)
Official Selection
Fisheye Film Festival · HEAD BOY (2022)
WINNER OF BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Rooster Film Festival · RUFUS (2022)
Official Selection
7th Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival Cardiff · RUFUS (2022)
Official Selection
REELpoetry/HoustonTX International Festival · LET RIP: TEENAGE SCRAPBOOK (POETRY FILM)
Official Selection
Queer East Midlands Film Festival · LET RIP: TEENAGE SCRAPBOOK (POETRY FILM)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
KINO CLUB HELSINKI POETRY FILM · THE BOY AT THE WINDOW (2022)
Official Selection
Atticus Review · THE BOY AT THE WINDOW (2022)
Official Selection
Living With Buildings II · SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and 2020
Official Selection
Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival · CAMP (2022) (LONG VERSION)
Official Selection
REELpoetry/HoustonTX 2022 · SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and 2020
OFFICIAL SELECTION
TRANAS AT THE FRINGE · SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and 2020
Official Selection
WIPE amateur film festival · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
Official Selection
Film Vault Presents · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
Official Selection
World Poetry Slam Championship · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
Official Selection
SF Queer Film Festival · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
FINALIST NOMINEE
Vesuvius International Film Festival · RECLAIMING MY VOICE (2022)
WINNER of BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Ealing Film Festival · SEE ME: A WALK THROUGH LONDON’S GAY SOHO, 1994 and 2020
OFFICIAL SELECTION
VIDEOAKTION #3 · 'CLEVER AT SEEING, WITHOUT BEING SEEN' (2021) LIVE ZOOM PERFORMANCE
Official Selection
Southampton Pride / City Eye · LET RIP: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF SEEING AND NOT SEEING (2019)
Official Selection
World Cinema Carnival · SPINACH AND EGGS (2021)
Official Selection
Queerbee LGBT Film Festival · SPINACH AND EGGS (2021)
Gallery
