Lisa Bruce
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Lisa Bruce | |
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| Born | Monterey, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Lisa Bruce is an American film producer known for the 2014 film The Theory of Everything.
Bruce was born in Monterey, California, to Mary Ann and George W. Bruce.[1] She is one of five children.[1] When she was in middle school, her family moved from Monterey to Coronado, California, because of her father's job with the United States Navy as a commanding officer of the USS Ticonderoga and USS St. Louis.[1] As a teenager, Bruce worked at a local movie theater, where her brother paid her a dollar per hour to mop the floor; she has joked that it was her "first job in the movie business".[2]
Bruce attended Coronado High School, where she began creating short films and was elected senior class president.[1] She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated in 1983 with an undergraduate degree in film, sociology, and politics.[3][2] She later attended New York University's graduate film school where she received a master's degree.[2][4]