Lisa Jackson (filmmaker)

This article is about the Canadian filmmaker. For the American filmmaker, see Lisa F. Jackson.
Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson in 2011
Lisa Jackson in 2011
NationalityAamjiwnaang First Nation,[1] Canadian
EducationYork University (MFA, 2016), Simon Fraser University (BFA)
AwardsCanadian Screen Award, Genie Award

Lisa Jackson is a Canadian Screen Award and Genie Award-winning[2] Canadian and Anishinaabe[3] filmmaker. Her films have been broadcast on APTN and Knowledge Network, as well as CBC's ZeD, Canadian Reflections and Newsworld and have screened at festivals including HotDocs,[4] Edinburgh International Film Festival, Melbourne, Worldwide Short Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

Her recent VR piece Biidaban: First Light premiered at Tribeca, won a Canadian Screen Award, and was nominated for a Webby Award. Her multimedia work Transmissions, an immersive film installation presented by the Electric Company Theatre premiered in Vancouver in September 2019.[5] Her recent IMAX short film Lichen premiered in April 2019, as part of Outer Worlds, a commissioned project featuring the work of five artists including Michael Snow.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference immerse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Video: Lisa Jackson's "Savage" – RPM.fm". rpm.fm. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. ^ "Lisa Jackson | Women in Film and Television Vancouver Blog". wiftv.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. ^ Canada, National Film Board of. "About | Biidaaban: First Light". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. ^ Smith, Janet. "With sprawling Transmissions, Lisa Jackson creates a new film language from Indigenous roots". The Georgia Straightl. Retrieved 31 January 2021.