Lisa Cortés Email and Phone Number

Lisa Cortés is a Grammy nominated and Emmy-winning director and producer, renowned for creating challenging, visionary stories and empowering diverse voices. Little Richard: I Am Everything (CNN Films), which she directed and produced, premiered as the opening night selection in the US documentary competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for 26 awards, including a Grammy nomination for Best Music Film. The film also earned Cortés nominations for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Documentary Film from the NAACP Image Awards. Also premiering at Sundance was Invisible Beauty (Magnolia Films), the documentary about Black fashion industry pioneer Bethann Hardison, which she produced. In June 2023, The Space Race (National Geographic Documentary Films), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Cortés directed and produced this gripping saga of African American astronauts at NASA and in space, now streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Cortés directed and produced All In: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios), tracing the violent history of the voting rights struggle, and produced the Emmy-winning HBO documentary The Apollo, which explores African American history through the story of the legendary Apollo Theater. She executive-produced the Academy Award®-winning film Precious (Lionsgate), and her film productions have received over 100 international awards and nominations. Cortés launched her early career as a music executive at the iconic Def Jam label and Rush Artist Management; she also was VP of A&R at MercuryRecords, and founded the Loose Cannon label.