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LISANNE SKYLER is an award-winning director and screenwriter of social issue-themed fiction and nonfiction films. Portraying subjects ranging from domestic violence and systemic racism to the Las Vegas Strip and the contemporary art world, Skyler's films have been official selections of Sundance, New York Film Festival, South x Southwest, San Francisco International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival, and broadcast and/or streamed on HBO, PBS, Sundance Channel and international platforms worldwide. Skyler was Oscar Shortlisted for her HBO Documentary Film BRILLO BOX (3¢ Off),which now streams on MAX and was released in over 300 countries. For her critically acclaimed feature film GETTING TO KNOW YOU, Skyler was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award "Someone to Watch Award." She teaches writing and directing at the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television and is represented by Matt DiPaolo of Zero Gravity Management.

now playing on MAX and on platforms world wide

Brillo Box (3 cents off)

Oscar-shortlisted HBO Documentary Film following the 40 year journey of an Andy Warhol Brillo Box.

Premiered at Sundance and on PBS/POV. Now available on Amazon.

No Loans Today

A portrait of South Central LA, in the wake of the 1992 riots, through the lens of a pawnshop/check cashing outlet.

Capture the Flag

Award winning dramatic short based on the Rebecca Chace novel. Winner of the Showtime Best Short Award, Nantucket Film Festival. Starring Scott Cohen (The Americans) and Janes Stiles.

Oldtimers

A cinema-verite style portrait of the elderly regulars of a San Francisco Mission District Bar. Selected to represent new voices in American Documentary Cinema in Paris's 1993 Cinema Du Reel.

Getting to Know You

Heather Matarazzo, Michael Weston and Zach Braff star in this critically acclaimed Sundance and Venice selected feature film.

"Getting to Know You" is currently being remastered for rerelease this year by Resurgence.

Secret Superho

A scripted portrayal of Chanetta Curtis, a CPS worker on the frontlines of the opiod epidemic created for the Arizona Department of Child Safety (agency: Lane Terralever) and viewed over 100k time across all social platforms

A Few Things About Art + Film

When LACMA couldn’t hold its annual Art + Film Gala due to the pandemic, the museum asked me to make this film celebrating the history the gala and the creative community of Los Angeles. A longer of the film was shown privately at an event hosted by Leonardo DiCaprio (available via private link by request).

In 2021, LACMA released this shorter version of the film to announce 2021 gala.

A Few Things About Robert Irwin

Commissioned by LACMA Productions, and the 2016 LACMA ART + Film Gala honoring Robert Irwin and Kathryn Bigelow, and co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow, this film follows the pioneering career of Light and Space artist Robert Irwin.