Biographie
Sharon Liese is an Emmy® award-winning filmmaker who is known for having her finger on the Zeitgeist. Her documentary projects have aired on premium networks and streamers and screened at many prestigious film festivals.
Premiering on Disney+ in 2022, Liese's short documentary, The Flagmakers, was Oscar® shortlisted, nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award, and awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary. The film also won Best Documentary Short at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and Crested Butte, and an Audience Award at the Denver International Film Festival, and has been optioned for a Broadway musical produced by Mark Gordon.
In January 2023, Liese's short film, Parker, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is streaming on The New Yorker.
Most recently, Liese directed and executive produced Let Us Prey, a four-part series on Discovery ID and Max. A week after its initial release, it was the tenth most popular television series on Max.
Liese's award-winning feature documentary, Transhood, premiered on HBO in 2020 and was featured on The Ellen Show and GMA. The film won several awards, including Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at AFI Docs. Liese also created and executive produced Pink Collar Crimes, a true crime series for CBS.
Liese created and directed the award-winning documentary series High School Confidential, filmed over four years, which broke ratings records on WEtv. She also directed and produced The Gnomist (CNN Films), which had its world premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win 15 festival awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at LA Shorts Fest, qualifying it for Oscar consideration before being acquired by CNN Films.
Liese's film, Selfie, created in collaboration with Dove and The Sundance Institute, premiered during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival before being the focus of a special multi-episode series on Good Morning America.
In addition to producing and directing documentary programming for Disney+, HBO, CNN, MTV, FOX, Lifetime, WEtv, OWN, DiscoveryID, and PBS, Sharon Liese is the founder and owner of Herizon Productions.
