Inbal B. Lessner is a producer and film editor. She has served as producer and editor on Brave Miss World (2013), Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (2020), and Escaping Twin Flames (2023).
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| Occupation(s) | Editor, producer |
| Years active | 2003-present |
Lessner has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and twice nominated for an American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical. In 2024, Lessner was awarded the American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical).
Early life
editLessner was born in Israel, where she began editing in high school.[1][2] Lessner served in the Israel Defense Forces, where she produced training films.[3] She attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[4]
Career
editFrequently collaborating with Cecilia Peck, Lessner has served as producer and editor on Brave Miss World a documentary revolving around Linor Abargil spreading awareness around sexual assault following her own.[5] The film was distributed by Netflix and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.[6][7] She also served as producer, editor and writer on Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult which explores the NXIVM cult through the perspective of India Oxenberg for Starz.[8] The series earned Lessner a nomination for American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical).[9]
Lessner also produced and edited Escaping Twin Flames a Netflix series which explores and critiques the Twin Flames Universe. The series earned Lessner the 2024 American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical).[10][11][12]
Lessner has additionally served as editor on The Seventies, The Eighties, The Nineties and The 2000s for CNN, earning a nomination for American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical) for her work on The Nineties,[13][14] Victim/Suspect,[15] and Stormy.[16]
Personal life
editLessner resides in Los Angeles, California alongside her children.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Editing Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult with Inbal B. Lessner, ACE and Gillian McCarthy". Canadian Cinema Editors. January 12, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "The Editor's Cut - Episode 058 - Editing SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT with Inbal B. Lessner, ACE and Gillian McCarthy" (PDF). Canadian Cinema Editors. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Inbal B. Lessner". Women Make Movies. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "63 NYU Alumni Receive Emmy Nods". New York University. July 15, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Alison (June 2, 2014). "A Conversation with the Makers of 'Brave Miss World'". Vice. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Abargil, Linor (April 29, 2014). "'Brave Miss World': Linor Abargil on Her Journey From Rape Victim to Beauty Queen to Activist". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Brave Miss World". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Pederson, Erik (October 13, 2020). "'Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult': Trailer & Premiere Date For Four-Part Starz Docuseries". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (March 11, 2021). "ACE Eddie Awards Nominations Include 'Sound Of Metal', 'Borat' And 'Minari', 'Ted Lasso' And 'Hamilton'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ White, Peter (October 4, 2023). "Dating Cult Twin Flames Docuseries Finds Love At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Pederson, Erik (January 25, 2024). "ACE Eddie Awards Nominations: 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Anatomy Of A Fall' & More Vie For Editing Prizes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "'Oppenheimer,' 'The Holdovers' Win Top Honors for Editing at ACE Eddie Awards". Variety. 4 March 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ Whitaker, Lauren (January 30, 2017). "Chancellor Lindsay Bierman welcomes new students and faculty with gritty advice". University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (January 26, 2018). "Eddie Awards: 'Dunkirk,' 'I, Tonya' Top American Cinema Editors' Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Staff, Filmmaker (January 31, 2023). ""Most Films Go Through What I Call an Accordion Process:" Editors Inbal Lessner and Kim Roberts on Victim/Suspect". Filmmaker. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Stormy". South by Southwest. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Inbal Lessner". The D Word. Retrieved March 3, 2024.