Inbal B. Lessner () is a producer and

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

. She has served as producer and editor on '' Brave Miss World'' (2013), '' Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult'' (2020), and ''

Escaping Twin Flames ''Escaping Twin Flames'' is an American true crime television documentary series, directed by Cecilia Peck. It explores the world of Twin Flames Universe, a cult run by Shaleia and Jeff Divine. It was released on November 8, 2023, on Netflix. ...

'' (2023). Lessner has been nominated for a

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and twice nominated for an American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical). In 2024, Lessner was awarded the

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Early life

Lessner was born in

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, where she began editing in high school. Lessner served in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

, where she produced training films. She attended

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

Career

Frequently collaborating with

Cecilia Peck Cecilia Peck (born May 1, 1958) is an American film producer, director and actress. She is the younger of two children of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani. Career As an actress, Peck was nominated for the Golden Globe Aw ...

, Lessner has served as producer and editor on '' Brave Miss World'' a documentary revolving around

Linor Abargil Linor Abargil (, sometimes spelled ''Linor Aberjil''; born February 17, 1980) is an Israeli attorney, actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1998, shortly after being raped. Since then, she has become a global advocate in the figh ...

spreading awareness around sexual assault following her own. The film was distributed by

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and was nominated for a

. She also served as producer, editor and writer on '' Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult'' which explores the

NXIVM NXIVM ( ) was a cult led by Keith Raniere, who is now a convicted Racketeering, racketeer and sex offender. NXIVM is also the name of the defunct company that Raniere founded in 1998, which provided seminars ostensibly about human potential an ...

cult through the perspective of

India Oxenberg India Riven Oxenberg (born June 7, 1991) is an American actress and documentary film producer. A granddaughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, she is a relative of the Karađorđević dynasty, House of Karađorđević, the former royal fami ...

for

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. The series earned Lessner a nomination for

. Lessner also produced and edited ''

'' a Netflix series which explores and critiques the

Twin Flames Universe Twin Flames Universe (TFU) is an American religious cult run by Jeff and Shaleia Divine. The group's practices, based on elements of New Age spiritualism regarding soulmates popularized in the 2000s, have been criticized as a "self-help and we ...

. The series earned Lessner the 2024

. Lessner has additionally served as editor on '' The Seventies'', '' The Eighties'', '' The Nineties'' and '' The 2000s'' for

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, earning a nomination for American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Documentary – (Non-Theatrical) for her work on The Nineties, '' Victim/Suspect'', and ''

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''. Lessner served as co-editor on the 2025 film ''October H8TE – The Fight for the Soul of America.'' The film covers

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after the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel. Co-produced by Wendy Sachs and

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, the film includes interviews with

Michael Rapaport Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, he has made over 100 appearances in film and television. His film roles include ''Zebrahead'' (1992), '' ...

Noa Tishby Noa Tohar Tishby (; ; born May 1975)) is an Israeli actress and activist. She appeared in a variety of American television shows and movies, including '' The Affair'', '' The Island'', ''Nip/Tuck'', ''Big Love'', ''NCIS'', and others. She is th ...

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, U.S. Sen.

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Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969) is an American technology executive, philanthropist, and writer. Sandberg served as chief operating officer (COO) of Meta Platforms, a position from which she stepped down in August 2022. She is also ...

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, Scott Galloway, and Mosab Yousef. It explores the organization of

Students for Justice in Palestine Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP; ) is a pro-Palestinian college student activism organization in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Founded at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993, it has campaigned for the Boycott, Div ...

, and argues that SJP promoted

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, and ultimately

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on campus. The film also covers the role of

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in stoking

among young people.

Personal life

Lessner resides in

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alongside her children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lessner, Inbal B. Living people Israeli film editors Israeli documentary film directors New York University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)