Lisa Marie is the BFI Doc Society Fund Executive. The Fund supports UK features and shorts, and hosts regional outreach events and an upcoming feature film edit lab for grantees.
Lisa Marie’s feature documentary producer credits include Ken Loach’s The Spirit of ’45, Gillian Wearing’s Self Made and Andrew Kotting and Iain Sinclair’s Swandown. She was an executive producer on Randall Wright’s Hockney and Terence Davies’ Of Time and the City. She produced the short film Abandoned Goods by Edward Lawrenson and Pia Borg, which won the Golden Leopard in Locarno. In 2009, she launched the production company Fly Film with Kate Ogborn. From 2015 – 2018, Fly Film executive produced 72 short films by young people age 16 – 24 for Screen South Ignition Random Acts Network, supported by Arts Council England and Channel 4. Other credits include executive producer on Terrence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea (Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston), producer of Marc Munden’s TV drama Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart (Sally Hawkins) and co-producer of the Michael Powell winner Brother’s of the Head, written by Tony Grisoni and starring Luke and Harry Treadaway. She was the executive producer of Digital Departures, which made three features to celebrate Liverpool Capital of Culture in 2008. Lisa Marie started her career as a documentary producer/director at US public television station WHYY, in Philadelphia.