Lisa is currently in post production on her first feature film, a comedy shot in Dublin provisionally titled “NEXT! She has directed ten episodes of the award winning RTÉ drama series “The Clinic” as well as two episodes of “On Home Ground,” another RTÉ drama. She has also directed documentaries and short films as well as numerous commercials for Television and cinema.
She is currently developing her next feature film due to shoot in Dublin in Summer 2009. In a previous existence she was a first assistant director on many films and television dramas in Ireland and abroad and began her career in the industry as an assistant film editor in Dublin and then London.
Filmography
“Next!” – Comedy Feature Film currently in post production (due for completion in November 2008)
Get a job and get a girl. Simple? Not if you’re in this film….
“The Clinic” - Series 1, 2 , 5 and 6 (RTÉ - 2003 - 2008) A fast-paced character-driven drama series about the trials and tribulations of the doctors and staff in Dublin’s Clarence Street Medical Clinic.
“Riverdance – Today’s Stars” (Tyrone Production/SKY – 2007) A behind the scenes view of life on the road for the young stars of Riverdance, one of most successful shows in entertainment history
“Fran Rooney – Raging Bull” (RTÉ - 2006) One of a four-part documentary series on Irish Entrepreneurs, this is the story of Fran Rooney, his meteoric rise and fall as CEO of the doomed company Baltimore Technologies.
"On Home Ground" - Series 2 (RTÉ Drama Series 2002. Episodes 5 and 6)
“ A Penny for your thoughts” (RTÉ and Dutch and German television - 2002) (Also Writer) A documentary about the introduction of the Euro into Ireland in January 2002. Told through three very different characters, the film is about the implication the Euro had on a practical level but more importantly on an emotional level. Is the Euro just another step in the transformation of us as individual nations into a single state of Europe?
“Day One” ( IFB/RTÉ Shortcuts series - 2001 35mm short drama.) Jody is starting her first job. She approaches the day full of excitement but her youthful enthusiasm leads to some very embarrassing moments.
“Dan Dan, Dad and Me” (RTÉ True Lives documentary - 2000) (Also Writer andProducer)
A frank and personal story of three generations of an Irish family.
“Half Full, Half Empty” (3-minute short film - 1999) A brief taste of how two prisoners incarcerated sometime, somewhere spend their day.
(Broadcast on RTÉ and on American cable television. Special commendation at the 2000 Cork Film festival)
“The Very Stuff” (35mm short film - 1996) Is Tracy’s friend about to be murdered or is Tracy just losing her mind?
(Broadcast on RTÉ, YLE TV2 and Ovation Inc (USA).
Lisa has also directed many commercials for Cinema and television for Ribena, Jacob's Biscuits, Niquitin, The community games, Supervalue, Xtravision to name a few.
