Mike Lerner
About
Oscar-nominated producer, Mike Lerner has been producing arts, travel and popular culture documentaries for twenty five years. He has produced films in most countries around the world from the Middle East to South America and from Central Asia to the Far East.
He has produced films for BBC, Channel Four, Five, ITV, Discovery, HBO, PBS, Arte and Travel Channel; the subjects include Picasso, Turkmenbashi, The Sistine Chapel, Hawkwind and Afghanistan. He has won numerous awards including, Academy Nomination for Best Documentary Feature, 4 Sundance Awards (Grand Jury, Best Director, Audience, Cinematography), Grierson Award for Best Documentary, Prix Italia, nominated for 2 Royal Television Society Award and 2 IDA Awards, Cinema Eye Award, Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Independent Film Award, Winner of Alfred Dupont Award, Winner Best Documentary Moscow Film Festival, Winner Harrell Award for Best Documentary Camden International Film Festival.
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
(2011 TFI/Insurgent Fellowship)
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, in their own words, the most successful jewel thieves of all time take you into their world: the post-Milosovic Balkans, the modern diamond trade and a 21st Century crime gang.
First to Fall
First to Fall follows a group of young civilian expatriate ‘rebels’ on their 8-month journey to liberate their home country. They give up comfortable, stable lives in order to take up arms against a corrupt regime and risk their lives in a brutal, chaotic war.