Tia Lessin

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Tia Lessin is an American documentary filmmaker.^[1] Lessin has produced and directed documentaries, earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary, three Emmy Awards, two primetime Emmy Nominations, the duPont Columbia Award, and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary.

She directed the Emmy Award-winning film The Janes, with Emma Pildes, and is the director and producer, with Carl Deal, of Trouble the Water, Citizen Koch, and the forthcoming "Steal This Story Please." She directed Behind the Labels and produced several of Michael Moore's films including Fahrenheit 9/11, Where to Invade Next and Fahrenheit 11/9.