Nathaniel Lezra has directed and produced award winning work in the longform documentary, narrative, and commercial spaces. His creative focus is on telling humanist stories that illuminate experiences outside the conventions of contemporary American culture, and explore the extremes of the human condition.
In 2023, he served as director and executive producer of Don't Leave Me Behind: Stories of Young Ukranian Survival, a feature documentary special for MTV and Paramount. Shot on location in Poland and at the Ukrainian border, the film is an examination of the fears and resiliencies within a group of teenage Ukrainian refugees fleeing combat. The film is now available for streaming on Paramount+ and viewable via broadcast services worldwide.
He is currently in post-production on his next feature documentary, and is based in New York City and Los Angeles.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nathaniel-lezra-on-his-new-mtv-documentary-highlighting-the-lives-of-young-ukrainian-refugees/
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/dont-leave-me-behind-documentary-about-ukrainian-teenage-refugees-premieres-tonight-on-mtv/
https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20230220_150000_CNN_Newsroom/start/2580/end/2640
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67oodvSE0RM&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2iMFBktlow&t=41s
https://deadline.com/2023/02/dont-leave-me-behind-stories-of-young-ukrainian-survival-mtv-documentary-director-nathaniel-lezra-news-1235251136/
https://www.si.com/tv/entertainment/2023/02/22/dont-leave-me-behind-stories-of-young-ukrainian-survival-live-stream-watch