Biography
Lisa Durden, is a social justice journalist, award-winning director/producer, content creator and multi-hyphenate media maker. She recently earned her Masters In Fine Arts Degree, in Social Documentary film, from New York's School Of Visual Arts. In 2005, Ms. Durden took the leap and launched, Lisa Durden Unlimited Productions, a Multi-Media Company, specializing in developing content for linear television, film, digital and live audiences, with a focus on telling compelling stories about underserved communities, featuring big, entertaining, characters!! Recent projects include: Director of 'Blind Divas,' a short documentary in pre-production, which was the winner of the Lightbeam TV Pitch Competition at the 22nd African American Women In Cinema International Film Festival; Director/Producer of the short film, Girls Matter, which WON Best Animation at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival '21 and distributed by LightbeamTV; Assistant Director of the Verizon PSA, Conversations With Mom; Producer of award-winning PBS 2019 Online Festival Short Film, Paris Blues in Harlem; Co-Producer of the provocative, award-winning, feature film TITLE VII; Conceived & Produced the award- winning PBS Maya Angelou Film's successful Live Twitter Chat, which garnered 8 Million Impressions; Former Broadcast Manager for Black Public Media's AfroPoP Series; Produced ImageNation's 2016 star studded Revolution Awards. Ms. Durden also served as Associate Producer of the award-winning PBS' feature documentary, Soul Food Junkies; Associate Producer of the Peabody award-winning, Prime-Time Emmy and NAACP Image awards nominated, Sundance Channel's, 5 part docu-series, Brick City 1; Production Director of the star-studded Reel Sisters Awards and Curator of the 2016 - 2017 Reel Sister Film Festival & Lecture Series. Lisa made her Directorial Debut with the critically acclaimed, award-winning, documentary, PROJECT WOW: Men On The Down Low, which broadcast on the 2009 BET J Series, Black Stories and distributed by Echelon Studios Inc. The Ultimate Soul Food Cook Off, her reality sitcom in development, set on an authentic soul food tour, was an Everywoman Studios 2021 Propelle Finalist; a content accelerator program for women-owned production companies.
