Leonora Moore Explained

Leonora Lim-Moore
Nationality:British
Other Names:
  • Leo
Known For:
Occupation:
  • Film actress
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Composer
Yearsactive:2009–present

Leonora Lim-Moore is a British film actress, writer and director, known for her lead role as Nikita in The Taiwan Oyster (2012), directed by Mark Jarrett[1] and for her directorial debut "East", in which she also starred as 'Elva', and which won Best Feature Film at the UK Film Festival in December 2011.

In 2015, her second co-directed feature film "Made In Taiwan", filmed in Taipei, Taiwan, and starring Alexander Jeremy, Ester Yang and Mason Lee, won 5 awards, including Best UK Film at the Manchester International Film Festival 2016.

Background

Lim-Moore was accepted to The University of Oxford (Wadham College) to read a four-year Masters Degree in Astrophysics and Particle Physics. She lived in Japan for several years and traveled to Los Angeles to receive acting training before returning to England to focus on her acting. Together with her brother, Jonny Moore, she co-directed 'Hear The Doors', a feature film that explores the ideas and mysteries of the Universe through the eyes of a 5-yr old boy.

Career

In 2009, Leonora performed in theatre works The Sister's Walk, Tell Me, DMV Tyrant, Shampoo, and Stop Kiss for Black Box Theatre.

For her first effort as a filmmaker, Leonora was writer, director, producer, and composer of the feature film East (2011). It subsequently won 'Best Feature Film' at the 2011 UK Film Festival.[2]

Filmography

As actress
As filmmaker

Recognition

Twitch Film made note of Moore's performance in The Taiwan Oyster, and wrote that the onscreen chemistry between Billy Harvey and Leonora Lim-Moore "is at times breathtaking".[1] Also toward that film, Don Clinchy of the Slackerwood website wrote that Moore did "a great job as Nikita, a smart, savvy woman who is a sober, grounding influence on her intemperate traveling companions."[3]

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jarzemsky. John. Review: THE TAIWAN OYSTER. March 11, 2012. Twitch Film. 4 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120518093100/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2012/03/sxsw-2012-review-the-taiwan-oyster.php. 18 May 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: UK Film Festival 2011 Awards . webcite archive . . 5 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606013341/http://ukfilmfestival.com/awards/ . 6 June 2012 .
  3. Web site: Clinchy. Don. SXSW Review: The Taiwan Oyster. March 23, 2012. Slackerwood. 4 June 2012.