[2] She later recalled that seeing George Lucas' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) "blew [her] off [her] feet" and may have inspired her to go into film making.

[10] On 14 February 1990, Lesmana married former teen idol, actor Mathias Muchus;[11] the couple have two sons, Galih Galinggis and Kafka Keandre.

[12] Throughout the early 1990s Lesmana continued writing songs, including some for her brother[3] and one for Chrisye's 1993 album Sendiri Lagi (Alone Again).

[9] In 1996 she directed a successful documentary serial entitled Anak Seribu Pulau (Children of a Thousand Islands).

[10] Also in 2006 she produced Garasi (Garage), a film starring Aries Budiman, Ayu Ratna, and Fedi Nuril.

The cast reunited to form the band Garasi in 2007, which was one of the first acts signed to Lesmana's new recording company Miles Music.

[15] In 2010 Lesmana wrote twenty songs for a musical stage adaptation of Laskar Pelangi, a project that also involved Erwin Gutawa, Jay Subiyakto, and Hartandi.

[18] Lesmana's most expensive production as of 2017[update] to date was Pendekar Tongkat Emas (The Golden Cane Warrior; 2014), a martial arts film directed by Ifa Isfansyah.

Starring Eva Celia, Nicholas Saputra, and Reza Rahadian, it had an estimated budget of 25 billion rupiah.