Lisa L. Cole

Lisa L. Cole

President
Jerks with Underwoods, LLC
Full Bio
Lisa has worked in various film and television roles for twenty years including producer, writer & director for entities such as VH1, MTV, A&E, BET, The Gates Foundation, Sundance Institute and the stage. Her screenplay _x001C_Girl Named Sue_x001D_ is currently optioned by acclaimed producer Laura Bickford. Accolades include: _x001C_Rock Doc of the Year_x001D_, LA Music Awards. _x001C_Samuel Arkoff Filmmaking Award_x0019_, and award-winning shorts and scripts.

Her work has taken her all over the world including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Korogocho slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

A board member of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Lisa is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television and resides in Los Angeles.
Professional Credits
Producer/Director:

as VH1, MTV, A&E, BET, The Gates Foundation, Sundance Institute and the stage

Writer/director 'GIRL NAMED SUE feature film in development with producer Laura Bickford.

Writer/Director QUEEN OF NEWBURGH docu-fiction film in developement. Rachel Watanabe-Batton Executive Producing

Writer: MATADORA screenplay winner, Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition Nov 2018
Industry Awards
Screenplay Awards:

GIRL NAMED SUE - winner, Page Int'l Screenwriting Awards. Nicholls Quarter-Finalist. Best Screenplay, La Femme Film Festival, Top Ten Script, Slamdance

MATADORA - winner, Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition Nov 2018

QUEEN OF NEWBURGH - Stowe Story Lab/Tangerine Entertainment Finalist



FILMS:

Lioness - Best Documentary Short, 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival

Best Directing, Best Feminism on Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing,

Women_x0019_s Independent Film Festival, 2013



Vh1 Rock Docs: _x001C_DO IT FOR THE BAND: THE WOMEN OF THE SUNSET STRIP_x001D_, Director

(Winner, _x001C_Rock Doc of the Year_x001D_, FAME/LA Music Awards



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