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Israeli producer and film editor
Inbal B. Lessner
Occupation(s)Editor, producer
Years active2003-present

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).

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

Lessner was born in Israel, where she began editing in high school. Lessner served in the Israel Defense Forces, where she produced training films. She attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Frequently 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. The film was distributed by Netflix and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. 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. The series earned Lessner a nomination for American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical).

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).

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, Victim/Suspect, and Stormy.

Personal life

Lessner resides in Los Angeles, California alongside her children.

References

  1. "Editing Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult with Inbal B. Lessner, ACE and Gillian McCarthy". Canadian Cinema Editors. January 12, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. "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.
  3. "Inbal B. Lessner". Women Make Movies. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. "63 NYU Alumni Receive Emmy Nods". New York University. July 15, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  5. Stevenson, Alison (June 2, 2014). "A Conversation with the Makers of 'Brave Miss World'". Vice. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  6. 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.
  7. "Brave Miss World". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  8. Pederson, Erik (October 13, 2020). "'Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult': Trailer & Premiere Date For Four-Part Starz Docuseries". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  9. 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.
  10. White, Peter (October 4, 2023). "Dating Cult Twin Flames Docuseries Finds Love At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  11. 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.
  12. "'Oppenheimer,' 'The Holdovers' Win Top Honors for Editing at ACE Eddie Awards". Variety. 4 March 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  13. 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.
  14. Giardina, Carolyn (January 26, 2018). "Eddie Awards: 'Dunkirk,' 'I, Tonya' Top American Cinema Editors' Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  15. 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.
  16. "Stormy". South by Southwest. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  17. "Inbal Lessner". The D Word. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

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