past clients

Screenplay/Teleplay Consultation

Unscripted/Reality TV Project Consultation 

Lisa will guide you at any stage, from concept creation through rewrite, as you develop an original spec screenplay/teleplay, by providing feedback and notes.

As a former Universal Studios-based development executive, Lisa has guided many screenwriters/filmmakers on plot, structure, character, and dialogue, including Steven Soderbergh. As a hired writer, she wrote both a feature film and a TV bible originating from producers’ concepts. Lisa is the recipient of multiple screenwriting awards, grants and options for her own work, and can develop across genres, though her specialization is comedy. 

Lisa will review your reality concept and/or pitch materials and help you to fine-tune it into a viable pitch, plus provide an overview of the current non-fiction landscape and potential buyers/mandates. If the client has resources to invest in a sizzle reel, Lisa will oversee the production and edit.

After more than a decade of creating/producing/directing/casting multiple iconic docu-follow, lifestyle and competition series, Lisa has an eye and ear for what works and what doesn’t. She has bought/rejected dozens of pitches as a Discovery executive and has produced numerous sizzle reels, including one that sold a series for 26 episodes. She maintains extensive contacts in the field. 

Director

Lisa will bring your narrative film, TV, documentary or digital project to life by being the creative auteur who guides it.

Lisa has multiple directing awards for her original narrative work. She holds an MFA in Directing from AFI (#1 film school per The Hollywood Reporter), has had many influential directing mentors, and enjoys creative collaboration and leading a team. Lisa also boasts extensive experience in single-cam and multi-cam TV directing. She is a proud and active member of The Alliance of Women Directors (AWD).

Producer/Showrunner

Lisa will guide your project from pre-production through post, overseeing all creative and budgetary decisions, crew hires and delivery requirements. 

Lisa has a vast background in guiding long- and short-form projects. She has concurrently overseen multi-million dollar network series, plus holds a Global MBA (summa cum laude) from The Thunderbird School of Global Management (#3 international business program per U.S. News and World Report) and is a Producers Council member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA).

Screenwriter/Co-writer

Lisa will craft an original screenplay or teleplay from your idea using her expertise as a writer to make sure it has great characters, plot, structure and dialogue. Requires appropriate on-screen credit and industry standard pay-scale.

Further to project development services offered, this includes actual writing or co-writing of an original concept or adaptation. Lisa has taken several producers’ ideas and turned them into tangible material. She holds a Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA and has won multiple awards and grants for her screenwriting.

Marketing/Publicity/
Social Media expert

Lisa will guide your marketing and social media efforts for a film project or brand campaign, including press materials, EPKs, social media and/or web content.

As an entertainment publicist and unit publicist, Lisa has produced over 50 EPKs for major motion pictures, written press kits and press releases, and handled press requests/junkets. She also has overseen digital marketing campaigns (including directing/producing web content) in conjunction with social media, for corporate and industry clients including Intel, SAG-AFTRA, and Levi’s, the latter of which received an OMMA Award for Best Integrated Online Advertising.

Note: When appropriate, agreement may include a first-look option to pitch a project under the Virago banner.