Lisa Cortés is an American producer and director of a number of film and television works, including Little Richard: I Am Everything in 2023.
Lisa Cortés
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Lisa Cortés (right) in 2018
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| Born | Lisa Cortés (1960-12-24) December 24, 1960 (age 63) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
Cortés is a native of Milford, Connecticut and a graduate of Milford Academy. She attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in American Studies. Cortés began her career at Def Jam, later Rush Producers Management and then as an executive at Mercury Records.[1][2]
Cortés is an alumnus of New York Film Academy. She produced the feature films The Apollo, Little Apple, and Invisible Beauty, and worked with Lee Daniels to produce The Woodsman, Shadow Boxer, Tennessee, and Precious.[3]
Cortés co-directed a film about the work of Stacey AbramsinAll In: The Fight for Democracy with Liz Garbus[4]; The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion, and Little Richard: I Am Everything, with Dee Rees as Executive Producer,[5] a documentary which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.[6][7][8][9]
In 2023, Cortés co-directed The Space Race: The Untold Story of the First Black Astronauts, featuring the stories of Guion Bluford, Ed Dwight and Charles Bolden.[10] The documentary was produced for National Geographic with Executive Producers Frank Marshall, Tony Rosenthal and former astronaut Leland Melvin and producers Keero Birla and Mark Monroe.[11][12][13][14]