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Lenny Payan

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Editor
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Lenny Payan is known for Inside Man (2006), American Fiction (2023) and Werewolves Within (2021).
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    Known for

    Jodie Foster, Denzel Washington, and Clive Owen in Inside Man (2006)
    Inside Man
    7.6
    • Production Department
    • 2006
    Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, and Issa Rae in American Fiction (2023)
    American Fiction
    7.5
    • Producer
    • 2023
    Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Glenn Fleshler, Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Sam Richardson, and George Basil in Werewolves Within (2021)
    Werewolves Within
    6.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2021
    Production (2009)
    Production
    8.9
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • June
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production
    • Forever, for Always
      • first assistant director
      • Pre-production
    • Die Hart (2020)
      Die Hart
      5.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer (2013)
      Inside Amy Schumer
      6.0
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 2022
    • Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Glenn Fleshler, Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Sam Richardson, and George Basil in Werewolves Within (2021)
      Werewolves Within
      6.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Christopher Spurrier in Black Friday Subliminal (2021)
      Black Friday Subliminal
      5.3
      • additional second assistant director (credit only)
      • 2021
    • Unsolved Mysteries (2020)
      Unsolved Mysteries
      7.3
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 2020
    • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
      Scare Me
      5.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Ben Platt: RAIN (2019)
      Ben Platt: RAIN
      7.1
      Music Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Mostly 4 Millennials (2018)
      Mostly 4 Millennials
      5.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Jesse Tayeh in Pandora's Box: Unleashing Evil (2016)
      Pandora's Box: Unleashing Evil
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • The Passage (2018)
      The Passage
      7.3
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Eric André in The Eric Andre Show (2012)
      The Eric Andre Show
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • We the Voters (2016)
      We the Voters
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Ladylike (2016)
      Ladylike
      6.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Ryan Spahn, Ryan O'Nan, Larisa Polonsky, Salome Mulugeta, Vincent Agnello, and Alemtsehay Wedajo in Woven (2016)
      Woven
      4.8
      • assistant director
      • 2016
    • Bobby Flay in Brunch at Bobby's (2010)
      Brunch at Bobby's
      7.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2015–2016

    Producer

    • Queen Victoria's Wedding
      • producer
      • Development Unknown
    • He Did It
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Darrin Dewitt Henson and Vijay Beasley in First Fruit (2026)
      First Fruit
      Short
      • producer
      • 2026
    • Celestine Rae in Sins of the Father (2025)
      Sins of the Father
      • consulting producer
      • 2025
    • Erika Alexander, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, and Issa Rae in American Fiction (2023)
      American Fiction
      7.5
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Group Therapy (2019)
      Group Therapy
      3.6
      TV Mini Series
      • associate producer
      • 2019
    • Tonsure
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Big Words (2013)
      Big Words
      6.2
      • co-producer
      • 2013
    • The Sunflower County Freedom Project (2013)
      The Sunflower County Freedom Project
      • producer
      • 2013
    • EJ Assi and Nada Shouhayib in Detroit Unleaded (2012)
      Detroit Unleaded
      6.1
      • co-producer
      • 2012
    • Are You Looking
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2011
    • Production (2009)
      Production
      8.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Stick with the Plan: The Big Date
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2007

    Editor

    • Production (2009)
      Production
      8.9
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2009
    • Stick with the Plan: The Big Date
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2007
    • Who's Calling
      Short
      • lead editor
      • 2006
    • I Will... (2005)
      I Will...
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2005

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