Emily Lenzner

Emily A. Lenzner is the founder and executive director of 4EYE Film Center. Prior to founding 4EYE, Emily spent most of her career in strategic communications most recently running communications and public affairs for the Motion Picture Association, the global advocate for the Hollywood Studios and other companies in the motion picture, home video, and television industries.

Before joining the MPA in 2019, Emily served as Senior Vice President-Communications for Atlantic Media, overseeing all corporate communications and working closely with its business units, publications, including The Atlantic, Quartz, National Journal, and Government Executive Media Group (2013 – 2019). An avid supporter of the Arts, Emily also serves as an executive member of the board of trustees of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.

Emily’s career in media and communications began in the White House during the first Clinton Administration, working with George Stephanopoulos. Emily was reunited with George in 2003 when she joined ABC News to run communications for his Sunday public affairs show, This Week, as well as Nightline, and the larger Washington bureau. 

She went on to serve as Managing Director at public affairs and political consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker from 2010-2013, where she managed and executed a variety of national media campaigns for various corporations, non-profit organizations, and advocacy initiatives. She has also worked for National Public Radio, where she ran media relations and served as the number two communications executive for the network.

Earlier in her career, Emily was a producer for a local new program at KIRO TV in Seattle and worked for a couple years in film production and development, most notably with Diane Keaton and her company, Blue Relief.

Emily was named in-house PR Professional of the Year by PR Week in 2016 and is a 2016 PR WEEK Top Woman in PR.  A native Washingtonian, she graduated from Vassar College with a BA in English.