Lisa Barros D'Sa

Lisa Barros D'Sa is a Belfast-born film director, writer, and producer who studied English at Oxford and holds an MA in Screenwriting from the London University of the Arts. In 2006, she co-founded Canderblinks Film & Music alongside her husband and creative partner Glenn Leyburn and composer David Holmes.

The couple's directorial journey began with Cherrybomb (2009), their debut feature starring Rupert Grint and Robert Sheehan, followed by Good Vibrations (2012), a widely praised portrait of Terri Hooley and the Belfast punk scene. Their third feature, Ordinary Love (2019), starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville, earned similar critical acclaim — and led the Irish Times to describe Barros D'Sa and Leyburn as "the most important contemporary filmmakers working from Northern Ireland."

Their latest collaboration, Saipan, world-premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, with Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke starring as Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane respectively.