---
name: "Ben Lester"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-lester"
fi1m_id: "ben-lester"
imdb_id: "nm1479475"
tmdb_id: 1553843
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:51:59.249242+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."
---

# Ben Lester

## Identity

Ben Lester

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-lester
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-lester
- **IMDb ID:** nm1479475
- **TMDB ID:** 1553843
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553843

Producer. Born 16 March 1978 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 March 1978, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 producing, 7 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [David E. Kelley](https://film.one/person/david-e-kelley.md), [Susanne Bier](https://film.one/person/susanne-bier.md), [Lily Rabe](https://film.one/person/lily-rabe.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (5), 2020s 66 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553843

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Bird Box*](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md) (53)
- **Apple TV:** [*Margo's Got Money Troubles*](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md) (80), [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Undoing*](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md) (61), [*Love & Death*](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md) (56)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Night Manager*](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md) (81)
- **BritBox:** [*Mrs Biggs*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-biggs.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Lester is a British film and television editor. He was born on 16 March 1978 in London, England.

Lester edited the BBC–AMC series *The Night Manager* (2016), for which he won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for Editing: Fiction. His other credits include episodes of *Black Mirror* (2016) and the Netflix film *Bird Box* (2018). He has also worked on *Nine Perfect Strangers* (2021), *The Undoing* (2020) and *Love & Death* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), Fi1m 80, Editor, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)

### Crew (7)

- *Love & Death* (2023), Fi1m 56, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *The Undoing* (2020), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *Bird Box* (2018), Fi1m 53, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *The Night Manager* (2016), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Mrs Biggs* (2012), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-biggs.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), series, Co-Producer, Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)
- *Zero Day* (2025), series, Editor
- *Presumed Innocent* (2024), series, Consulting Producer
- *A Man in Full* (2024), series, Editor
- *Love & Death* (2023), series, Editor — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *Nine Perfect Strangers* (2021), series, Consulting Producer, Editor
- *The Undoing* (2020), series, Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *Bird Box* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, Editor
- *NW* (2016), Editor
- *The Night Manager* (2016), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md)
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, Editor
- *Shetland* (2013), series, Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Bird in a Box* (2012), Editor
- *Mrs Biggs* (2012), Editor
- *Mrs Biggs* (2012), series, Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-biggs.md)
- *The Dinosaur Project* (2012), Editor
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Marchlands* (2011), series, Editor
- *The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister* (2010), Editor
- *The Day of the Triffids* (2009), series, Editor
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (2009), series, Editor
- *1929: The Great Crash* (2009), Editor
- *The Beckoning Silence* (2007), Editor
- *Deep Water* (2006), Editor
- *I Shouldn't Be Alive* (2005), series, Editor
- *Seconds from Disaster* (2005), series, Editor

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