Chanetta Curtis
Arizona Dept. of Child Safety
Scott Cohen and Kevin Black in CAPTURE THE FLAG (2010), a minimalist drama set in the 70s.
Lisanne Skyler is the award-winning writer/director of numerous documentary, fiction and short films, including the Oscar-Shortlisted HBO Documentary Film BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF), the South Central LA documentary NO LOANS TODAY (1995 Sundance Film Festival) and the critically acclaimed feature GETTING TO KNOW YOU (1999 Sundance Film Festival, 1999 Venice Film Festival).
BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF), an official selection of the 54th New York Film Festival, debuted on HBO in August 2017, and is now streaming on all HBO platforms. Skyler's previous documentaries include DREAMLAND (2000) which broadcast on PBS's national documentary series "P.O.V."and OLDTIMERS (1993 Cinema du Réel Film Festival, Paris, SxSW Film Fedst).
After working as a screenwriter on assignment, in 2010, Skyler returned to directing with the coming of age film CAPTURE THE FLAG, starring Scott Cohen, Jane Stiles and Lola Kirke. The film screened at such festivals as Aspen Internatonal Shortsfest, Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Nantucket Film Festival, where it received the SHOWTIME TONY COX AWARD.
In 2016, Skyler was selected to write and direct A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN with producer Erin Wright for the LACMA ART + FILM GALA, honoring director Kathryn Bigelow and artist Robert Irwin, and co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow.
A graduate of UC Berkeley, Skyler is Distinguished Alumni of the San Francisco State University Cinema Department, the recipient of a FIPRESCI AWARD (Stockholm Film Festival), and a FILM INDEPENDENT "SOMEONE TO WATCH" SPIRIT AWARD nomination. Skyler is a member of the faculty of the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film and Television.
MUSIC VIDEO by Victor Eof Acquitane
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2016 - 2017
The 54th New York Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Provincetown International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Aspen International Shortsfest, Traverse City FIlm Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, Loft Film Fest
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2016 - 2017
The 54th New York Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Provincetown International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Aspen International Shortsfest, Traverse City FIlm Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, Loft Film Fest
Scott Cohen and Kevin Black in CAPTURE THE FLAG (2010), a minimalist drama set in the 70s.
A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN (LACMA PRODUCTIONS)
"Short documentaries can be a kind of nonfiction poetry. Images, editing, and sound are sometimes as important as verbal cues and exposition. Such is the case in Lisanne Skyler’s A Few Things About Robert Irwin...”
Peter Keogh, THE BOSTON GLOBE
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2017-2018
Los Angeles Film Festival, AFI DOCS, Provincetown International Film Festival, Napa Valley FIlm Festival, Florida Film Festival, Boston Globe Docs, St. Louis International Film Festival, Twin Cities Film Festival, The Loft Fest
Victor E. "Meditation No. 6"
SKY DOCUMENTARIES (UK) and BINGE (AUSTRALIA)
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Scott Cohen and Kevin Black in CAPTURE THE FLAG (2010), a minimalist drama set in the 70s.
At the height of the Reagan era, New York’s legendary nightclubs birthed iconoclastic artists who lived for the night and transformed American culture. Selected for the "Spotlight on Documentaries" Section of the 2022 Gotham Film Project Week.
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2016 - 2017
The 54th New York Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Provincetown International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Aspen International Shortsfest, Traverse City FIlm Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, Loft Film Fest
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2016 - 2017
The 54th New York Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Provincetown International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Aspen International Shortsfest, Traverse City FIlm Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, Loft Film Fest
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SECRET SUPERHERO (LANE TERRALEVER/UPSHOT MEDIA)
NO LOANS TODAY (PBS)
NO LOANS TODAY (PBS)
branded/5 minute doc-fiction hybrid film for the Arizona Department of Child Safety (2018)
CAPTURE THE FLAG
2010 short fiction film starring Jane Stiles, Scott Cohen, WIll Denton, Emmy Clarke and Lola Kirke
“...over the course of just a few minutes...Skyler effortlessly (or seemingly effortlessly) maps out a whole emotional landscape, delineates character relationships and captures the pain and confusion of adolescence.”
Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010 - 2011
Aspen International Shortsfest, Nantucket Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival , Cinequest Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2010 - 2011
Aspen International Shortsfest, Nantucket Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival , Cinequest Film Festival
GETTING TO KNOW YOU (SUNDANCE CHANNEL)
“Bleak and unsettling but compulsively watchable, Lisanne Skyler's Sundance competition drama "Getting to Know You" marks her as a dynamic young talent."
Patrick McGavin, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"…in its own smart and honest way, this movie provides more surprises and real drama than almost any of the big-time films we’ve seen this summer…Two thumbs up!”
Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper, ROGER EBERT AT THE MOVIES
“Entrancing! Conjures an alluring spell of mistrust and hope...”
Elvis Mitchell, THE NEW YORK TIMES
scenes from the feature GETTING TO KNOW YOU starring Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff, Michael Weston
OFFICIAL SELECTION 1999
Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Oslo Film Festival, Rencontres de Cinéma International, Paris, Vancouver International Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival
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Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival
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Stockholm Film Festival
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San Francisco International Film Festival
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Nantucket Film Festival, Provincetown International Film Festival
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Seattle International Film Festival
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Melbourne International Film Festival
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Oslo Film Festival
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Rencontres de Cinéma International, Paris
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Vancouver International Film Festival
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Philadelphia International Film Festival
NO LOANS TODAY (PBS)
scene from NO LOANS TODAY, now streaming on Amazon
"Lisanne Skyler's documentary on South Central Los Angeles clocks in at just under an hour, but the stories it tells -- by turns devastating and infuriating -- lingers. Working in a direct cinema style, Skyler manages an anatomy of a neighborhood by way of a pawnshop, finding and listening to voices not generally heard."
Manohla Dargis, LA WEEKLY
"As is Frederick Wiseman, the cinema wonder she is influenced by, Skyler is able to earn the trust of people living in extreme conditions, providing them with a comfort zone to reveal themselves. In South Central LA, where black-owned businesses are waning, she finds people who want to thrive but only find relief through her lens."
Robert Koehler, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
OFFICIAL SELECTION 1995 - 1996
Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition), AFI Film Fest, San Francisco International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Marseilles Vue sur les Doc Film Festival, Florida Film Festival
“Entrancing! Conjures an alluring spell of mistrust and hope...” Elvis Mitchell THE NEW YORK TIMES “A pitch-perfect portrait of adolescence.” Amy Taubin THE VILLAGE VOICE
DREAMLAND (PBS)
"Filmmaker Lisanne Skyler takes a sharp but disarming approach to examining the romance of gambling and the reality behind it..."
SAN FRANCISCO MONTHLY
"A candid, uncompromising look at compulsive gambling and the effect of neighborhood casinos on Las Vegas. Not since Martin Scorsese's CASINO has the naked truth about Las Vegas been captured so perfectly on screen."
LAS VEGAS CITY LIFE
OLDTIMERS
OFFICIAL SELECTION 1993 - 1994
Cinéma du Réel, Paris, San Francisco International Film Festival (Special Jury Award), Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, SXSW, Kracow International Film Festival
SHORT FORM
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Metropolis meets Roller Boogie in this 80s music video homage for KCRW artist Victor of E.
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2003
Los Angeles Film Festival, PowerPlay’s Top 20 Videos Chart
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"This lighthearted documentary intertwines the legacy of Andy Warhol’s 'Brillo Box' with that of the family that bought one of the iconic sculptures for a meager $1,000. Ms. Skyler offers a personal, and laughable, take on a global phenomenon."
"...witty and touching...the film offers a pertinent, even poignant, observations about the things we desire and acquire."
Steven Winn SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"With a fun, disarming attitude that surely Warhol himself would admire, 'Brillo Box (3¢ off)' has an accessibility that few discussions of fine art ever do.”
Stephen Saito THE MOVEABLE FEST
"Filmmaker Lisanne Skyler takes a sharp but disarming approach to examining the romance of gambling and the reality behind it..."
SAN FRANCISCO MONTHLY
"The film yields great insights into motivations for gambling, coping mechanisms for inevitable losses, and the quest for finding "solutions" for gambling problems [and] puts flesh and bone, muscle and blood on the academic treatments given to this important topic."
JOURNAL OF GAMBLING ISSUES