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Mara Lesemann

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  • Producer
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Mara Lesemann at the Sunscreen Film Festival for DETOURS feature.
Trailer for the new short, "Absence of Evidence."
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Absence of Evidence (2020)
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Mara Lesemann is a writer and producer, best known for the movies Surviving Family (2012) and Detours (2015). She's a lifelong resident of New Jersey, and has been married to Carlo Fiorletta since 1997. She attended Brown University, and received a BA in Media Studies with a concentration in Screenwriting from the New School University in NYC.
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Mara Lesemann, Tara Westwood, and Paul Sorvino at the DETOURS q&a at the Sunscreen Film Festival.
As seen in SmartGlamour's #ImFlattered campaign.
At the Media (PA) Film Festival
Mara Lesemann
On the red carpet at the Central Florida Film Festival.
Mara Lesemann
At the Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival.
Mara Lesemann (left) and Laura Thies at the q&a for Surviving Family in Munich, Germany
Mara Lesemann and Carlo Fiorletta at the Northeast Film Festival
At the Action on Film Festival Writers Awards dinner, August 2013
With Laura Thies, director of Surviving Family, at the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod, where the movie premiered.
Mara Lesemann

Known for

Tara Westwood, Billy Magnussen, and Sarah Wilson in Surviving Family (2012)
Surviving Family
6.9
  • Writer
  • 2012
Tara Westwood and Carlo Fiorletta in Detours (2016)
Detours
7.1
  • Writer
  • 2016

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Writer

  • Severed Innocence
    • Pre-production
  • Absence of Evidence (2020)
    Absence of Evidence
  • Simcha Borenstein, Carlo Fiorletta, and Samantha Helmstetter in Arriving Separately (2019)
    Arriving Separately
  • The Patient (2018)
    The Patient
  • Jesse Luciani in Benefits Included (2018)
    Benefits Included
  • Competition
  • Big Brain Tweeting (2016)
    Big Brain Tweeting
  • Tara Westwood and Carlo Fiorletta in Detours (2016)
    Detours
  • Tara Westwood, Billy Magnussen, and Sarah Wilson in Surviving Family (2012)
    Surviving Family
  • An Internet World (2011)
    An Internet World
  • The Last Supper (2010)
    The Last Supper
  • Foreclosed (2010)
    Foreclosed
  • The Seduction of Eve (2009)
    The Seduction of Eve
  • Jump Start (2008)
    Jump Start
  • Albert and Mandy (2007)
    Albert and Mandy

Producer

  • Big Brain Tweeting (2016)
    Big Brain Tweeting
  • Tara Westwood and Carlo Fiorletta in Detours (2016)
    Detours
  • Available: A Modern Day Fairy Tale (2013)
    Available: A Modern Day Fairy Tale
  • Tara Westwood, Billy Magnussen, and Sarah Wilson in Surviving Family (2012)
    Surviving Family
  • All About Audition (2011)
    All About Audition
  • An Internet World (2011)
    An Internet World
  • The Last Supper (2010)
    The Last Supper
  • Foreclosed (2010)
    Foreclosed
  • Calamity 666
  • Lactoxity (2009)
    Lactoxity
  • Nipple Nazis (2009)
    Nipple Nazis
  • Jump Start (2008)
    Jump Start
  • Albert and Mandy (2007)
    Albert and Mandy

Script and Continuity Department

  • Heartbreak Hotel
    • Completed
  • Available: A Modern Day Fairy Tale (2013)
    Available: A Modern Day Fairy Tale
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos7

Detours trailer
Demo Reel 1:06
Detours trailer
Surviving Family trailer
Demo Reel 1:24
Surviving Family trailer
Mara Lesemann & Tara Westwood - Interview with Bay 9 News in Tampa, Florida
Interview 4:09
Mara Lesemann & Tara Westwood - Interview with Bay 9 News in Tampa, Florida
Detours trailer
Trailer 1:06
Detours trailer
Surviving Family
Trailer 1:24
Surviving Family
Arriving Separately - trailer
Trailer 0:25
Arriving Separately - trailer
Absence of Evidence - trailer
Trailer 0:36
Absence of Evidence - trailer

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • Carlo Fiorletta1997 - present

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    Nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2012 Golden Door International Film Festival for "Surviving Family.".

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