Lisa Marie Evans is a filmmaker and animator. She co-directed, edited, and animated "In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction." In 2020, "In Her Words" was the first film to win the Publishing Triangle’s Michele Karlsberg Leadership Award. Since April of 2022, the film has reached audiences across Italy, Ireland, Spain, Germany, England, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, the Philippines, Canada and the United States. Evans was a keynote speaker at VIII Gendercom: the International Conference on Gender & Communication held in Viterbo, Italy in 2022. She received a grant from the US Embassy in Rome to support the 2024 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia and the advancement of the LGBTQI+ policies, including a screening of "In Her Words" at Sapienza University in Rome.Evans debuted an animation to accompany a bassoon performance by Lia Uribe of Fernando Fernández's "Enredadas Alegrías" at the 2023 International Double Reed Society conference in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a 2021 recipient of the Arkansas Arts Council’s Fellowship Award in Cinematic Arts. Evans co-produced "Beyond Belief: Three Stories of Faith in Action," part of a 2016 national initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in partnership with Kansas City PBS.Over the past 20 years, Evans has mentored hundreds of multidisciplinary artists. Currently, she is the Director of Creative Development for CACHE where she designs and leads grant programs, project support and professional development programming for artists. Since 2020, she has overseen the distribution of $840K+ dollars to over 190 creatives.