David Leland in Britain" won the Prix Italia (an international Television award) in 1984. In 1986 he wrote the screenplay for the thriller-drama "Mona Lisa", featuring Bob Hoskins. This film was critically acclaimed and Leland earned nominations for the Golden Globe and the Writers Guild of America. He then wrote "Personal Services" in 1986. It was directed by Terry Jones and was about Cynthia Payne, a real-life British madam who ran a private brothel. Julie Walters took the leading role. While "Personal Services" dealt with the adult life of Cynthia Payne, Leland's next film, "Wish You Were Here", concerned her teenage years.
Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas Cynthia Zukas is a Zambian painter; she received the Order of the British Empire in 2012. Zukas was born in 1931 in Cape Town. She went to school in South Africa where she started her art career, and later went to London where she studied as an art teacher. In London she met Simon Zukas who she later married. After a few years the two came to Zambia and Cynthia became a full-time housewife. The two have two children. During her free time she used to draw, which she still does today. A few years after coming to