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Lisa Cortes Biography

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Costume department

Awards

  • 2019IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: nominated
  • 2019Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2019Best Black Lens Film-: winner
  • 2020Black Reel-Outstanding Independent Documentary: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special: winner
  • 2021Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
  • 2021NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2022Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Broadcast Film: nominated
  • 2023Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2023Audience Choice Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2023Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2023Honorable Mention-Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition: winner
  • 2023People's Choice Award-Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2023Richard D. Propes Social Impact Award-Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2023HMMA Award-Best Music Documentary - Special Program: nominated
  • 2023Indiemusic Schweppes Award-: nominated
  • 2023IDA Award-Best Music Documentary: nominated
  • 2023It's All True Trophy-International Competition: Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary: nominated
  • 2023Golden Heynal-International DocFilmMusic Competition: nominated
  • 2023Documentary Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2023Knight Documentary Achievement Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2023Audience Award-Festival Favorites: nominated
  • 2023Audience Award-Industry Audience Award Winner: winner
  • 2023Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
  • 2023Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
  • 2023The Best Film-June: winner
  • 2023Grand Jury Documentary Award-Best Documentary: nominated
  • 2024Movies for Grownups Award-Best Movie for Grownups: nominated
  • 2024Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: winner
  • 2024Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment: nominated
  • 2024Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary Television or Film: nominated
  • 2024Image Award-Outstanding Documentary (Film): winner
  • 2024News and Documentary Emmy-Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary: winner