Jackson Films Inc. Bio



	Lisa F. Jackson Producer/Director/Writer Bio Guest Lecturer Awards and Citations Selected Broadcast Credits Additional Credits Bio LISA F. JACKSON has been involved in documentary filmmaking for over 30 years. Her work has brought her many awards including three Emmy nominations, two Emmy awards and four CINE Golden Eagles. Tom Shales of the Washington Post has praised her documentaries as "superb" and "outstanding," John O'Connor commented in the New York Times that "producer/director Lisa Jackson is remarkably adept in getting her subjects to speak frankly and thoughtfully," and the Christian Science Monitor noted that she takes on difficult subjects "with intelligence and courage." Jackson studied filmmaking at MIT with Ricky Leacock and has directed and/or edited dozens of films for PBS including: Voices and Visions: Emily Dickinson, Jackson Pollock: Portrait, Through Madness (1993 NYC Emmy winner), The Creative Spirit, Storytellers, The Van Cliburn Piano Competition; Bill Moyers' Journal, the prize-winning series The Mind, and segments for Sesame Street and Live from Lincoln Center. She most recently completed a feature length documentary that she shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the fate of women and girls in that country's intractable war. "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo" won a Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. She produced and directed Meeting with a Killer: One Family's Journey (2001 Emmy Award nominee) for Court TV; Life Afterlife, a 90-minute Special for HBO; The Secret Life of Barbie (1999 Emmy Award winner) for ABC News; Addicted and Why Am I Gay? for HBO's "America Undercover" series; No Money, Mo' Problems and Smart Sex for the MTV series "True Life"; The Other Epidemic for ABC News; Firefighters for The Learning Channel; A Passion to Play for ABC Sports; Anatomy of a Baseball Trade for HBO Sports; segments for EGG, the PBS arts series; five episodes in the Hallmark Channel's acclaimed Adoption series, including stories shot in Siberia and Guatemala; and national PSA's for the Office for Victims of Crime. Jackson produced and directed a new documentary series about ordinary people who have won the Carnegie Medal for heroism that will air on the Hallmark Channel in 2008 and is currently working on a film about a group of displaced women living in the slums of Bogot, Colombia. Jackson's awards include an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special ('99); a New York City Emmy ('93); three CINE Golden Eagles; four Houston International Film Festival, Gold Awards; a Silver Chris Award from the Columbus International Film Festival; a Planned Parenthood "Maggie" Award for Outstanding Documentary; two Gold Clarion Awards from Women in Communications; Audience Choice Awards from the Vancouver, Breckenridge and Cinequest film festivals and a Movies That Matter Award from Amnesty International. She has screened her work and lectured at the Columbia University School of Journalism, New York University, Harvard University and was a visiting professor of documentary film at the School for Visual Arts in Manhattan. GUEST LECTURER: Visiting Professor for Documentary Production, School for Visual Arts Harvard University Columbia University School of Journalism New York University Columbia School for International and Political Studies AWARDS AND CITATIONS: * 2001 Emmy Nomination/Outstanding Informational Special * 1999 Emmy, Outstanding Cultural/Informational Special * 1993 NYC Emmy, Outstanding Informational Special * Audience Awards: Breckenridge, San Jose and Vancouver Film Festivals * Two CINE Golden Eagles * Special Jury Award, Hemisfilm International Film Festival * American Film Festival, 3 Blue and 3 Red Ribbons * National Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Special Citation * Margaret Sanger "Maggie" Award, PPFA, Best Documentary of the Year * Two Clarion Awards, Women in Communications, Inc. * International Film and Tape Festival, Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards * Information Film Producers of America, 2 Gold "Cindy" Awards * Silver Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival SELECTED BROADCAST CREDITS: Heroes - New documentary series for the Hallmark Channel about ordinary people who have won the Carnegie Medal for heroism. Stories include re-creations of a plane crash, car wrecks, a sniper attack and a wheat suffocation. To air March '06. Producer/Director/Writer Psychic Detectives - Pilot episode and first two seasons (13 shows) of the hit series for Court TV. Broadcast 2002-2005 Producer/Director EGG the Art Show - National PBS series, segments included profiles of artists James Turrell, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Catherine Chalmers, Janine Antoni etc. Broadcast 2001-2003. Producer/Director Meeting with a Killer - One-hour documentary follows a Texas family as they prepare to meet their daughter's murderer. For Court TV, Broadcast Fall 2001. Producer/Director Nominee 2001 Emmy Award. Adoption - Five shows for the acclaimed Hallmark Channel documentary series. Films include stories shot in Guatemala, Siberia and rural Wisconsin. Broadcast 2001-2003. Producer/Director/Writer Life Afterlife - 90-minute film exploring the phenomena of communicating with the dead: a multi-faceted consideration of physics, grief and love. Part of HBO's "America Undercover" series, broadcast October 1999. Producer/Director The Secret Life of Barbie - One-hour consideration of the public and private life of the world's most famous doll. For the ABC/TV series "Turning Point". Broadcast June 1998. Producer/Director. Winner 1999 Emmy Award, Outstanding Cultural/Informational Special No Money, Mo' Problems - One-hour documentary examines young people's attitudes towards money, credit cards and financial responsibility for MTV's "True Life" series. Hosted by James Van Der Beek. Broadcast April 1998. Producer/Director/Writer A Passion to Play - 60-minute film profiles three 14-year-old athletes (tennis star Anna Kournikova, race car driver Danica Patrick and ice-skater Tara Lipinski) and explores the making of young champions. For ABC Sports. Broadcast March 1997. Producer/Director/Writer Firefighters - One-hour documentary covers a month in the life of a south Boston firehouse. Broadcast on The Learning Channel June 1997. Producer/Director/Writer. Addicted - One-hour documentary about the personal and social toll of legal addictions, i.e. alcohol and tobacco. Broadcast nationally on HBO in June 1997. Producer/Director. 1996 Summer Olympics - 20:00 profile of Cuban sprinter Anna Fidelia Quirot for a two-hour ABC Sports Special. Shot in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Broadcast night before the opening of the 1996 games in Atlanta. Producer/Director. Smart Sex - One-hour documentary about HIV and AIDS for MTV's "True Life" series. Hosted by Christian Slater. Aired nationally on MTV and PBS throughout 1994 and '1995. Producer/Director/Writer The Other Epidemic - A one-hour ABC News Special about breast cancer, hosted by Linda Ellerbee. Aired September 1993. Producer/Director. Why Am I Gay? - Sixty minute documentary film, part of the HBO series "America Undercover." Broadcast on HBO August 1993. Co-Producer. Through Madness - 30-minute documentary about three schizophrenics and how they live with their illness. Aired on PBS in September, 1992. Winner 1993 New York City Emmy Award, Outstanding Informational Special. Co-Director/Editor. Jackson Pollock Portrait - One-hour film on the American painter. Aired on National PBS in May 1984 as the first program in the series on abstract expressionist painters, Strokes of Genius , hosted by Dustin Hoffman. Film Editor. Anatomy of a Baseball Trade - 20-minute film follows the New York Mets at the Winter Meetings. For HBO Sports. Aired Spring 1981. Producer/Director/Editor. Emily Dickinson - One-hour film for the National PBS series on American poets, Voices and Visions. Broadcast Winter 1988. Film Editor. The Creative Spirit - Four one-hour programs. Funded by IBM, the series was broadcast on National PBS in the Spring of 1992. Editor. The Child's World and Thinking - Two one-hour films for the acclaimed National PBS series The Mind, produced by WNET/13. Broadcast Fall 1988. Editor. Vivien Leigh - Scarlett and Beyond - One-hour Special for WTBS about the actress Vivien Leigh, hosted by Jessica Lange. Aired Spring 1990. Editor. Storytellers - 60-minute film about writers and writing, featuring John Updike, Woody Allen, Joan Didion, Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, Tom Wolfe, etc. Aired nationally on PBS Spring 1988. Editor. Braingames - Four half-hour programs for children. Aired on HBO throughout 1985. Segment Producer/Director. Where Dreams Debut - One-hour documentary film on the North Carolina School for the Arts, featuring Gregory Peck, Jean Stapleton and Isaac Stern. Aired on National PBS in September 1983. Co-Director/Editor. Making Dance American - Documentary profile of four modern dance pioneers, including Agnes De Mille and Katherine Dunham, hosted by Tommy Tune. Produced for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Winter 1983. Director/Editor. Champions of American Sport - 90-minute special for Home Box Office. Aired Spring 1983. Film Editor/Sound Recordist. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Three one-hour programs, produced for the Arts & Entertainment Network. Aired Spring 1981. Producer/Writer/ Editor. The Kennedy Center Honors - Film profiles for the CBS Network Special. Produced by Guggenheim Productions. Aired December 1981. Film Editor. Artist and Athlete - One-hour film on the Arts Program at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Broadcast on A&E Winter 1981. Co-Producer/Director/Film Editor/Sound Recordist. Olympic Overture - 30-minute Special featuring violinist Yehudi Menuhin in performance at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Aired on PBS and the BBC in the Winter of 1980. Co-Producer/Videotape Editor. Live from Lincoln Center - 15-minute Intermission Feature for the Live PBS broadcast of the Marilyn Horne/Joan Sutherland recital. Fall 1979. Producer/Director/Film Editor. Sesame Street - Six short films featuring the Pilobolus Dance Theater. Broadcast Spring 1979. Co-Producer/Film Editor/Sound Recordist. Bill Moyers' Journal - "Reflections on a Revolution", one-hour program for the acclaimed national PBS series. Aired Winter 1976. Film Editor. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: * Public Service Announcements for the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime. Co-Producer/Director * Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program, 10:00 informational and fund-raising video * Segment Producer "Inside the NFL" (HBO) * Television commercials for campaigns of Senators Ted Kennedy, Frank Church and Fritz Hollings (Editor), and President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica (Line Producer/Editor). For Guggenheim Productions * Director/Producer/Editor of films for Time Inc. Magazines, the Lilly Endowment, the American Bible Association, Pfizer. etc. * "Island of Hope, Island of Tears, a film on permanent display at the Ellis Island Museum, and "Gold", film component of a permanent exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. Editor. * Kennedy Center Honors, honoree profiles for the PBS telecasts, 1983-85 * Staff Editor/Post Production Coordinator, National Public Affairs Center for Television, Washington, DC, 1972-74. Credits include "The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg", the weekly series "Washington Connection" w/Robin MacNeil and Jim Lehrer and Vidifont Operator for PBS' Live coverage of the Watergate Hearings. * CBS Evening News: Washington Bureau, Film Editor for Evening, Morning and Weekend national network news. Winter 1977. Back to top of page