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Filmmaker/screenwriter/novelist Lisa Gold has written award-winning screenplays and eight award-winning short films, which she also directed and/or produced. Lisa has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from UCLA.

As a Fellow in the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, Lisa’s AFI short film played in 39 festivals. Her most recent short played in 56 festivals. In preparation for shooting her first feature, Lisa continued her film education, obtaining an A.A. degree from Los Angeles City College in 2023.

A lover of improv comedy, Lisa is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory.

Filmmaker

Lisa’s shorts have played in 100+ festivals and won multiple awards including:

  • Best Director

  • Best Narrative Short

  • Groundbreaking Filmmaker

  • Best Student Director

  • Best Student Short

  • People’s Choice/Audience Choice Awards

  • Best Children’s Short

  • Best Sound Design

  • Best Composer

  • Best Actor

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SCREenwriter

As a writer of features and pilots, Lisa’s awards include:

  • Finalist, Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

  • Winner, 2024 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards

  • Winner, CineStory Screenwriting Awards

  • Grand Jury Prize Winner, Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition

  • Finalist, Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest

  • Finalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Awards (two scripts)

  • Semi-Finalist, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition (two scripts)

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novelist

Lisa is revising a middle grade contemporary/fantasy novel and writing a YA comedy novel as well.

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Education

Fellow, AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE CONSERVATORY
Directing Workshop for Women

M.B.A., UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

B.A., High Distinction, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Phi Beta Kappa, James B. Angell Scholar, National Dean’s List, Class Honors