Lisa is the founder of Nacirema Releasing, a new venture licensing NZ film content for digital distribution in North America. She attended the American Film Institute and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. In Los Angeles, she worked in the Distribution Division of Cookie Jar Entertainment and for DIC Entertainment where she delivered over 400 episodes of animated children’s shows to US broadcasters including FOX, Warner Bros, UPN, Tribune, and CBS. Her credits include the American television series Strawberry Shortcake, Stargate Infinity, Trollz, Horseland, Alienators, Sushi Pack and more. Her production team won an Emmy for The New Adventures of Madeline.
Since 2009, her company evaluRATES, has provided ratings for over 200 features, documentaries, and web-series sold into digital distribution in North America.
Lisa is the author of two influential media-related books: Gender Politics and MTV: Voicing the Difference(Temple University Press) and The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media (Routledge Press). She has written an award-winning feature film script, an animated feature treatment optioned by 100 Meter Films in Japan and was a participant in the NZFC’s Script Factory Workshop.
In 2010, she moved from Los Angeles to become a permanent resident of New Zealand.
