Inbal B. Lessner

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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).

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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. [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

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. [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

Lessner resides in Los Angeles, California alongside her children. [17]

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  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.
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  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.
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