Beth Lane

Beth Lane is an American film director, producer, actress, dancer, singer and writer. Her debut feature documentary UnBroken, premiered at the 32nd Heartland International Film Festival where it won Best Documentary Feature Premiere.

Early life and education Lane is the second child born to Holocaust survivor Ginger Speigel Lane, nee Bela Weber, and retired attorney Frederic S. Lane. She has an older brother and younger sister. She was raised in Chicago and her first foray into public performance was with Joyce and Byrne Piven's Young People’s Company alongside Joan Cusack and Ann Cusack. While attending New Trier East High School in Winnetka, Illinois, she landed a small role as a tap dancer in Tony Bill’s feature film My Bodyguard.

Work While working for her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the University of California, Los Angeles, she went into pre-production on her feature directorial debut documentary UnBroken. Following the film's festival run, it was acquired by Greenwich Entertainment and had its theatrical release on February 21, 2025, and later premiered on Netflix on April 23, 2025.

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Awards and recognition