Lisanne Skyler is an award-winning writer/director of fiction, nonfiction and short films. Portraying subjects ranging from domestic violence and systemic racism to Las Vegas and the art world, Skyler's films have been official selections of Sundance, New York Film Festival, SxSW, San Francisco International and the Venice Film Festival, and broadcast and/or streamed on HBO/MAX, Sundance Channel, PBS, and on networks and streaming platforms all over the world.
Skyler received the Nantucket Film Festival’s "Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting (Best Short)" for her period drama CAPTURE THE FLAG, and an Independent Spirit “Someone to Watch Award” nomination and a "FIPRESCI" Award from the Stockholm Film Festival for writing/directing the acclaimed feature GETTING TO KNOW YOU starring Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff and Bebe Neuwirth, based on stories by iconic writer Joyce Carol Oates. GETTING TO KNOW YOU is currently being digitally remastered for rerelease in 2024.
Skyler is represented by Matt DiPaolo at Zero Gravity. She teaches at the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television in addition to writing and directing for film and television.
Skyler’s films include NO LOANS TODAY (Sundance, SxSW, PBS) DREAMLAND (PBS), the HBO Documentary Film BRILLO BOX (3¢ off) (New York Film Festival, Oscar Shortlist, avail on MAX), and, for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN for the LACMA ART + FILM Gala, chaired by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, and A FEW THINGS ABOUT ART + FILM, sponsored by Gucci. She is in development on a scripted series, and in post on a feature doc, THIS SIDE OF MIDNIGHT.
