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Lisa F. Jackson

has earned an international reputation as an award-winning

Filmmaker
& Storyteller.

A woman, Lisa Jackson, with headphones filming four women sitting on a bench outside.
A woman, Lisa Jackson, with short brown hair wearing a black sleeveless dress, holding an Emmy award statue and smiling.

Lisa’s Work

From the war zones of the Congo to courtrooms in Manhattan to a fishing village in Mexico, Lisa’s documentaries tell intimate stories about real people: their battles, their bravery, and their inspiring audacity.

Her films have aired on HBO, PBS, and ABC, premiered at Sundance, DOCNYC and the Berlin Film Festival, and earned two Emmy Awards and a Sundance Special Jury Prize.

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"Harrowing, heart-rending and maddening."

— Los Angeles Times, on The Greatest Silence

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A dirt road running through a countryside with trees on both sides, leading into the distance under a cloudy sky.

COMING SOON

The Unexpected Ranchero

A Memoir about Learning to Live and Love in Another Language

It wasn’t supposed to happen, but a cynical New Yorker filmmaker met a charismatic Mexican cattle rancher, and a sea change ensued.

Book cover titled "The Unexpected Ranchero" by Lisa F. Jackson. Features a photo of an elderly man with gray hair and a mustache standing next to a smiling woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat, outdoors in a rural setting.

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