BIO - FILMOGRAPHY - RESUME - DIRECTORS STATEMENT

 

LISE SWENSON
FILMOGORAPHY

2008
Producer/Director/Writer, "Saltwater", feature narrative, HD, in pre production
Producer/Director/Writer, "Judith", feature documentary, DV, work in progress
Producer/Story Consultant, "Saving Home : The Story of Randy Lee", feature documentary, work in progress
Producer/Director/Writer, "Enid and Lefty", short personal essay, HDV, DV, Hi8, work in progress
Consultant/DP, "Thanks for Staying Up Late", feature documentary, DV, work in progress
Producer, "To Dwell in Possibility", dance short, HD, work in progress

2007
Producer, "You Are Another Myself", short narrative, HD, 12 minutes
Producer/Director/Writer, San Francisco Arts Commission, PSA, HD, 30 seconds
Producer/Director/Writer/DP/Editor, "Writers in Service: An American Tradition", promotional video for WritersCorps, DV, 6 minutes
Producer/Director/Writer, "Mr. Gary on the Feedback Show", experimental short, HD, 13 minutes
Producer, Assistant Director, DP, "Strange Culture", feature documentary, DV, 95 minutes

2006
DP, "Changing Worlds", feature documentary, DV, work in progress
Producer/Director/Writer/DP/Editor. WritersCorps, PSA, DV, 30 seconds
Writer/Story consultant, "Alcatraz Mystery", educational video game

2005
Producer/Director/Writer/DP/Editor, "Questions" inaugural film featured at the new de Young Museum, DV, 20 minutes.
Producer/DP, USB training videos, DV, various lengths
Producer/Director, "Live Generously", promotional video for the Jewish Federation of the East Bay, DV, 12 minutes

2004
Producer/Director/Writer, "Mission Movie", narrative, DV, 93 minutes

2003
Producer/Director, Matt Gonzalez for Mayor, 5 TV Ads, DV, 30 seconds
Producer, Theater of Yugen, promotional video, DV, 15 minutes
Producer/Director, Cook County College Teachers Union of Chicago, promotional/educational video, DV, 15 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, The DJ Project of Horizons Unlimited, music video, DV, 3 minutes

2002
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Kracked", documentary, DV, 23 minutes

2000
Producer/Director, Media Alliance, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Producer/Director/Writer, WritersCorps, promotional video, Betacam, 5 minutes
Producer/Director, Film Arts Foundation, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Producer/Director, "Joblink: A Bridge Between Supply and Demand in the Bay Area" promotional video, Betacam, 5 minutes

1999
Producer/Director, "415", narrative, Hi8, 25 minutes

1998
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Woman Burning Man", documentary, Hi8, 11 minutes
Producer/Director, BAVC, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Producer/Director/Writer, "Operation Access" promotional video, Betacam, 10 minutes
Producer/Director, Artists' Television Access, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Producer/Director, "Celebrating 25 Years: Jewish Vocational Services", promotional video, Betacam, 5 minutes

1997
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, Fire Circus", experimental documentary, Hi8, 7 minutes
Producer/Director, Sixteen Eyes" narrative, Hi8, 22 minutes
Producer/Director, PAWS, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Artistic and Technical Director, "Art Show", documentary, Betacam, 1 hour
Producer/Director, "A Showcase for Enterprising Women: the Women's Initiative for Self Employment", promotional video, Betacam, 8 minutes
Producer/Director, "New Skills, New Jobs, New Lives: Jewish Vocational Service", promotional video, Betacam, 8 minutes
Producer/Director/Editor, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, educational video, Hi8, 10 minutes

1996
Director/Editor, "Speech is Not Free:BAVC", promotional video, Betacam, 13 minutes
Producer/Director, Shanti, PSA, Betacam, 30 seconds
Producer/Co-Director/DP/Editor, "The Blue Family", documentary, Hi8 15 minutes

1995
Producer/Director, "Love Between a Boy and Girl", narrative, Hi8, 27 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, Planned Parenthood, educational video, Hi8, 12 minutes
Co-Producer/Co-Director/Editor, "Center of the Storm" The San Francisco Psycho Therapy Research Group, educational video, Hi8, 45 minutes
Producer/ DP/Editor, "When a Little Girl..."Composer Erling Wold, promotional video, Hi8, 1 hour
Producer/ DP/Editor, Show reel,Rachel Kaplan, promotional video, Hi8, 45 minutes

1994
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, The San Francisco Richmond School District After School Collaborative, educational video, Hi8, 15 minutes
Co-Producer/Editor, "Consolidated" music video, 16mm film, Betacam, 3 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency's Enterprise Zone, educational video, Hi8, 14 minutes
Co-Producer/Co-Director/DP/Editor, "Consolidated", multiple live show videos, Hi8, approximate 3 minutes each

1993
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Unlike Athena", experimental documentary, Hi8, 18 minutes
Co-Producer/Co-Director/Editor, "Imo", music video, 16mm, 3 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, The Black Adoption Agency, multiple videos profiling children up for adoption through this agency, VHS, approximate 4 minutes each

1992
Producer/ DP/Editor, "The Class of '54", educational/commemorative video, VHS, 20 minutes

1991
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Tail Over Her Back", documentary, VHS, 30 minutes
Producer/Director /Editor, "I Believe", experimental, VHS, 6 minutes
Producer/Director/Co-Editor, "We Peel Your World", news spoof, VHS, 30 minutes

1990
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Freight", experimental documentary, VHS, 6 minutes

1989
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Jenny and Martin", experimental, VHS, 5 minutes

1988
Producer/Director/Co-Editor, "Hey Joe", experimental, VHS, 2 minutes

1987
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "12 Noon", experimental narrative, Super 8 and 3/4" video, 22 minutes
Producer/Director/DP, "Rendezvous With Death", experimental, VHS, 4 minutes

1986
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Chicago is....", experimental, VHS, 8 minutes

1985
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "3 Generations", documentary, VHS, 14 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "'Bout Those Niners,", experimental, VHS, 5 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Verbal Vandal", experimental, VHS, 8 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "The New Roommate", experimental, VHS, 5 minutes
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Kitchen A Go-Go", experimental, VHS, 11 minutes

1984
Co-Producer/Director/Editor, "Democratic Convention 1984", documentary, VHS, 20 minutes

1983
Producer/Director/DP/Editor, "Night of the Venetian Blinds", experimental, VHS, 4 minutes