Lisa Hayes has written and directed eight short films and produced one feature film. These award winning films have been shown at over 100 film festivals around the world, and have been broadcast in France, Canada, USA, Spain, and Australia.

Lisa's film, Women Are Not Little Men has been used widely in educational settings and is included on two different eductional DVDs: Fem Crit - Selected Experimental Works for Educational Environments, produced by the CFMDC and Reading Television.

In addition to making her own films, Lisa has worked on dozens of film productions, filling a variety of positions, from Picture Editor to Camera Assistant. She was the Technical Co-ordinator at a film co-op, The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) for over five years, and was an Associate Producer at Savi Media with veteran producer, Alex Raffé for three years.

Lisa is currently working as an internet content producer and writes her own blog, Toronto Money Pit.

awards

• GOLDIROCKS: Best Indie Feature, LA Femme Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2005
• Prize of the Ministry of the Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic for My Grandma's Boyfriend at the XXVI International Festival of Professional Films, TV and Videoprograms EKOTOPFILM 99 , October 1999.
• Honorable Mention for Women Are Not Little Men at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, March 1999.
• Audience Favorite for DIKE, Making Waves Women's Film & Video Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
• Best Short Film for DIKE, Critics Circle, Sydney International Film Festival, Australia, 1996
• Best of the Fest Screening for DIKE, Inside/Out Film & Video Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1996