Lisanne Skyler

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Journals/Publications

• Skyler, L. (2017). Sound Decisions. San Franciso State University, 2.
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  A personal reflection on the role of sound in filmmaking and working with feedback to grow as a creative artist in the San Francisco State University Magazine.
• Skyler, L. (2017). Tennessee Waltz: A Visit to Indie Memphis 2016 is a Beautiful Dream. MovieMaker.
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  An article about the experience of attending Indie Memphis film festival in an industry trade magazine for filmmakers, including observations on recent trends in fiction and nonfiction filmmaking.
• Geiger, J. (1996). No Loans Today By Lisanne Skyler. Visual Anthropology Review, 12(2), 110-113. doi:10.1525/var.1996.12.2.110
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  No Loans Today 1995, 55 Minutes. Film by Llsanne Skyler Institutional, Purchase $390; Rental $75 (video only) Distributed by First Run/Icarus films, 153 Waverly place, New York, NY, 10014

Presentations

• Skyler, L. (2010, Summer). Review of "Rebirth". The 2010 UFVA Conference. The 2010 UFVA Conference, Champlain College, Vermont.
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• Skyler, L. (2009, Summer). Script Response. The 2009 UFVA Conference. The 2009 UFVA Conference.
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• Skyler, L. (2008, Fall). Literary Influences on Screenwriting. The Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA/Lit series. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson.
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  Panel Speaker

Creative Productions

• Skyler, L. (2022. Brillo Box (3 ¢ off). International Distribution (continued). Various territories.
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  The film been previously debuted in the US, in Spain, Canada and Scandinavia and was part of airline programing on Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines, Air Canada, British Airways and Qatar, Africa, Russia, New Zealand, Turkey and the Middle East, Latin America and Sky in Germany. In 2020, the film was released in Italy on Sky Arte
• Skyler, L. (2021. A FEW THINGS ABOUT ART + FILM. LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) (online release). Los Angeles CA: LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art / LACMA Productions / GUCCI.
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  Commissioned for LACMA Productions this is a short branded documentary film about Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) CEO Michael Govan's mission to unite the creative worlds of LA, in the inspiring story of the LACMA Art + Film Gala. Produced for the acclaimed Los Angeles County Museum of Art Art + Film series. With Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Eva Chow and the Art + Film Honorees. A LACMA Production. Sponsored by Gucci.An initial version was presented privately in December 2020 and in 2021 an updated version was shared with press as part of the announcement for the 2021 Art + Film Gala
• Skyler, L. (2020. A Few Things About Art+Film. Los Angeles County Musem of Art. Los Angeles: Gucci.
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  This Fall as museums and arts institutions wrested with the impact of the pandemic, I was invited to create a special film for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). For the past nine years, LACMA has commissioned a film from an emerging or mid-career director to tell the story of their Art + Film gala artist honorees  — in 2016, I was invited to make a film about Light and Space pioneer Robert Irwin (A Few Things About Robert Irwin).  When LACMA determined that its annual  Art + Film Gala could not take place this year due to the pandemic, the museum invited me to write and direct a film to tell the history of the LACMA Art + Film Gala and the confluence of art and film at the museum.  The film screened privately for the LACMA commuity of high level supporters and we are awaiting details for the release online.
• Skyler, L. (2018. A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN. LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) (online release). Los Angeles CA: LACMA (Los Angeles County Museumf of Art.
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  Commissioned for the 2016 LACMA Art + Film Gala, co-chaired by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, and following a year long festival run, A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN debuted online on April 2018 on all LACMA web and social media platforms. It was picked up by other websites such as Art and Object. To date it has over 20k views across all social channels.
• Skyler, L., & Skyler, L. (2018. Brillo Box (3 ¢ off). International Distribution (continued). Various territories.
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  The film been previously debuted in the US, in Spain, Canada and Scandinavia and was part of airline programing on Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines, Air Canada, British Airways and Qatar. It has also been distributed to Africa, Russia, New Zealand, Turkey and the Middle East.In Fall 2018, it debuted on HBO Latin America and Sky in Germany.
• Skyler, L. (2016. A Few Things About Robert Irwin. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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  A FEW THINGS ABOUT ROBERT IRWIN is a short documentary film about the Light and Space artist Robert Irwin, produced by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as part of their Art + Film initiative. Every year they commission a film director to create a short film about the artist they are honoring that year at their Art + Film Gala, co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio, and this year I was selected to do this film. The film premiered at the 2016 Art + Film Gala.
• Skyler, L. (2016. Brillo Box (3¢ off). HBO (domestic and international). New York: HBO Documentary Films/HBO.
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  Brillo Box (3¢ off) In 1969, Skyler’s parents bought an Andy Warhol Brillo Box for $1,000. Forty years later, in 2010, the same sculpture sold for $3,000,000 at a record-breaking Christie’s auction. Blending Pop Art history with personal narrative, Brillo Box (3¢ off) follows this Andy Warhol sculpture as it makes its way from a New York family’s living room to the global art market, exploring the ephemeral nature of art and value, and the complex role art plays in our lives and the decisions that shape family history.The film premiered in Aspen International Shortsfest in 2016 and went on to be an official selection of the 54th New York Film Festival and shortlisted for an Academy Award. The film premiered on HBO on August 7, 2017 and has since been distributed all over the world, including Latin America, Canada, Spain, France, the Middle East, Russia and Germany.
• Skyler, L. (2016. Secret Superhero. Arizona Department of Child Safety/Lane-Terralever. Phoenix, Tucson, AZ: Arizona Department of Child Safety.
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  I wrote and directed a short branded content film PSA for the Arizona Department of Child Safety, called "Secret Superhero" to raise awareness of the organization, and help prevent child abuse and neglect. The film will also serve as a proof of concept sample for a new documentary on the subject of child protection service case workers.The film was released in May 2018 on all online and social media platforms.
• Skyler, L. (2010. Capture the Flag.
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  "Capture the Flag" is a short film I co-wrote and directed, based on the novel by Rebecca Chace. Starring Jane Stiles, Scott Cohen, Gretchen Egolf, Will Denton, Lola Kirke, Emmy Clarke and Kevin Black.The film played multiple film festivals, including 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival,2010 Nantucket Film Festival, Showtime Tony Cox Award, 2010 Mill Valley Film Festivaland the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Creative Works

• "Capture the Flag"; dramatic; Indiepix; March; Indiepix.com; "Capture the Flag" was completed in March 2010.
• "Stories Told Through Film: Lisanne Skyler at TEDxTucson"; online; Tedx Tucson; March 2014; YouTube; Tedx Tucson released this video of my TedX talk about the rerelease of my film "No Loans Today," what the current trends in online distribution means for filmmakers, and on my work as a filmmaker.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbj3ZGfG_s 
• Documentary Series Treatment; Radical Media; July 2020; Pitch Materials for Documentary Series; Wrote the treatment for a Documentary Series being produced by Radical Media in New York. I cannot share more details as I signed an NDA.