Marc Lesser

Producer | Director | Cinematographer | Editor

Marc Lesser is an Emmy nominated director and founder of Lucky Tiger Productions in New York City.

Recent projects include producing and directing “The Memories of Others,” a documentary short that was an official selection at the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh; directing four episodes of WeSpeak, a narrative television series that educates immigrants about their rights, that earned him several Emmy Awards nominations, including Best Director; producing and directing short documentaries and branded entertainment for non-profits, cultural institutions, and corporations including Target, Amazon, Geico, WebMD, Everyday Health, Scary Mommy, JetBlue, AmericanExpress, Mattel and NBC Universal.

His VR piece “The Immersive Saul Leiter Studio Experience,” premiered at the Bunkamura Museum in Tokyo in July 2023.

He was a producer and cinematographer for the award-winning feature length documentary “Greenlit,” which premiered at SXSW in 2010 and “The Pathological Optimist,” which was released theatrically in 2017.

Throughout his career, he produced, shot and edited interviews with many A-list performers and high level personalities including Alicia Keys, Danny Devito, Paul Rudd, Liza Minnelli and Michelle Obama. Marc received an M.F.A. in filmmaking from the City College of New York.