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name: "Arik Lahav-Leibovich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arik-lahav-leibovich"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:51:57.983706+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Arik Lahav-Leibovich

Editor. Born 12 January 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 January 1963
- **Also known as:** Arik Lahav Leibowitz, Arik Leibowitz, Arik Lahav Leibovitz, אריק להב ליבוביץ'
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6615691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42424

## Biography

Arik Lahav-Leibovich is an Israeli film editor. Born on 12 January 1963, he has worked extensively in Israeli cinema and documentary for several decades.

His credits include *The Band's Visit* (2007), *Lebanon* (2009), *Zero Motivation* (2014), *Foxtrot* (2017) and *Reading Lolita in Tehran* (2024). He has received four Ophir Awards for best editing and multiple nominations. Lahav-Leibovich is also the author of the book *From Footage to Film: Intimate Insights on Film Editing*.

*Sources: imdb.com, amazon.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Foxtrot* (2017), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/foxtrot.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sand* (2026), Editorial Consultant
- *Good Morning Gaza* (2026), Editor
- *A Burning Man* (2025), Editor
- *Reading Lolita in Tehran* (2024), Editor
- *My Daughter My Love* (2023), Editor
- *Let It Be Morning* (2021), Editor
- *Honeymood* (2020), Editor
- *The Girl with the Instagram* (2019), Editor
- *Fig Tree* (2018), Editor
- *Foxtrot* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/foxtrot.md)
- *The Way Out* (2017), Editor
- *Doubtful* (2017), Editor
- *Saving Neta* (2017), Editor
- *Beyond the Mountains and Hills* (2017), Editor
- *Café Nagler* (2016), Editor
- *Mussa* (2016), Editor
- *להרוג את הסבתא* (2015), series, Editor
- *Afterthought* (2015), Editor
- *Zero Motivation* (2014), Editor
- *Night Will Fall* (2014), Editor
- *S#x Acts* (2013), Editor
- *Venice 70: Future Reloaded* (2013), Editor
- *The Exchange* (2011), Editor
- *Lebanon* (2009), Editor
- *The Band's Visit* (2007), Editor
- *Daddy Come to the Fair* (1995), Editor
- *Stars*, Editor

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Editor 2010: European Film Award for Best Editor (nominated), for *Lebanon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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