Vivien Lesnik Weisman studied Political Science at Barnard College. She attended New York Law School and was received in both the New York and Washington DC Bar. She went on to receive a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing at the UCLA School of Theatre Film and Television. Her film Man of Two Havanas, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, was met with critical acclaim, and has gone on to win the most prestigious awards throughout the world. Her latest film The Hacker Wars is about politically motivated computer hackers. It was used as a rallying cry by many in the hacker collective Anonymous for it's sympathetic portrayal of incarcerated hackers. She has appeared on extensively on television and and radio news programs throughout the country and abroad including NBC, Democracy Now, Telemundo and Univision as well as a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.