- After graduating from college, he was torn between his love for film and Philosophy. He did both by making 16mm films and studying at Stanford University in California in 1991.
- Directed one Oscar winning performance: Brie Larson in Room (2015).
- He listed the following 10 films as his favorite in 2012's 'Sight and Sound' poll: Barry Lyndon (1975), The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) ["The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"], The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) ["The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser"], Caché (2005) ["Hidden"], The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), A Man Escaped (1956) ["A Man Escaped"], The Match Factory Girl (1990) ["The Match Factory Girl"], Mirror (1975) ["Mirror"], My Childhood (1972), The Silence (1963) ["The Silence"].
- One of the short 16 mm films he made was called 3 Joes (1991). It went on to win the Best European Short award at the Cork film festival, the Audience Award at the Galway film fleadh and the Organiser's Award at the Oberhausen short film festival.
- He graduated from Trinity College Dublin, with a first class honours degree in Philosophy.
- It was through Commercial producer Jonny Speers that Lenny met 'Mark O'Halloran' who had just started work on Adam and Paul. They worked closely together as O'Halloran wrote the script and the film finally began shooting in late 2003.
- Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.
- He is the son of Max Abrahamson.
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