(written from a Production point of view)
Elana Joy Livneh Lessem (born 6 November 1977; age 46) is a film editor who worked as assistant editor on Star Trek. [1]
Livneh was previously assigned as an apprentice editor for feature films such as Vertical Limit (2000, with Alexander Siddig), Crazy/Beautiful (2001, starring Kirsten Dunst and Bruce Davison), Zoolander (2001, with Andy Dick), Enough (2002, with William O. Campbell, Bill Cobbs, Bruce French, Jeff Kober, and Sandra Nelson), Rob Bowman's Reign of Fire (2002, with Alice Krige and Alexander Siddig), and Stay (2005, with Becky Ann Baker and Mark Margolis).
She then served as assistant editor on the thriller Ghost Ship (2002, starring Karl Urban), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003, with Hallie Todd), Along Came Polly (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004, with Fred Williamson), Fever Pitch (2005, with Jack Kehler), Eragon (2006), and Mr. Woodcock (2007).
Livneh has also experiences as visual effects assistant editor for Son of the Mask (2005), J.J. Abrams' Mission: Impossible III (2006, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman), and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008, music by James Horner).