Hayley Manning
Co-Founder and COO
Hayley Manning is co-founder and COO of Cardiff-based drama production company Little Door Productions, which was founded alongside Elwen Rowlands in 2019. Manning oversees production, financial and business affairs for the company.
Prior to setting up Little Door Productions, Manning has built up significant experience working in independent TV and Film as an accomplished Line Producer and Head of Production in both features and television production. Her experience includes working at Bonafide Films as of Head of Production and Finance where she oversaw BBC period drama The Last Post, written by Peter Moffat.
Previously, during her tenure at Ipso Facto Films through the roles of Chief Operating Officer, Head of Production and Financial Controller, Manning worked across 15 feature films, many of them European co-productions, including SoulBoy (Felicity Jones, Martin Compston), Comes A Bright Day (Timothy Spall, Imogen Poots and Craig Roberts), music documentary Who Killed Nancy? and Irina Palm (Marianne Faithfull, Predga Manijlovic and Jenny Agutter).
