After graduating from college, he was torn between his love for film and
Philosophy. He did both by making 16mm films and studying at Stanford
University in California in 1991.
One of the short 16 mm films he made was called 3 Joes (1991). It went on to
win the Best European Short award at the Cork film festival, the
Audience Award at the Galway film fleadh and the Organiser's Award at
the Oberhausen short film festival.
He graduated from Trinity College Dublin, with a first class honours degree in Philosophy.
It was through Commercial producer Jonny Speers that Lenny met 'Mark
O'Halloran' who had just started work on Adam and Paul. They worked
closely together as O'Halloran wrote the script and the film finally
began shooting in late 2003.
Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.