Lesley Steele editor/director/cinematographer

An NYC native, Lesley Steele is an editor, director and 16mm cinematographer. Her visual language in both digital and analog reflects the juxtaposition of formats to explore new meaning in the moving image. Her work has been shown at Blackstar Film Festival and the NYC Independent Film Festival. In 2019 she was a fellow in UnionDoc’s Collaborative Studio and in June 2020 was selected to participate in Sundance’s Art of Editing Fellowship. Lesley is currently producing her first investigative feature doc about the state of mental health and its intersection with race and the carceral system in the United States.