Lisa Hepner

Lisa graduated from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1993.^[5] She began her career as a journalist in Canada, but turned her writing into producing non-fiction projects when she moved to New York City.^[5] From 1995 to 2011, she produced documentaries for the CBC, PBS, HBO, MTV, Sony Pictures Classics, working alongside directors, Michael Apted, Jonathan Demme, and Lisa F. Jackson, among others.^[6]

In 2004, Lisa co-directed the documentary feature, Women on the Frontlines, that premiered at the United Nations in New York and aired on PBS.^[7] Soon after, Lisa and her cinematographer husband Guy Mossman started Vox Pop Films, a production company in Tribeca.^[5] In 2009, the couple moved to Los Angeles where Vox Pop focused on branded content and commercials.^[6]

In 2022, Lisa directed her first documentary feature, The Human Trial. The film follows a radical stem cell treatment that might be the cure for type 1 diabetes.^[3] Since the film's release, it has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, The National News and Forbes, as well as the CBC and the Toronto Star.^[8][9] The film was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in 2023.^[10]

In 2024, Lisa executive produced SPEAK. a feature documentary that premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.^[11][12] The film was awarded the Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights at the Full Frame Documentary Festival in 2025.^[13]

When Lisa isn't consulting on films, she works as an adjunct professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.^[14] She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, New York Women in Film & Television, the Writers Guild of America, and Roco Voices, a speaker's platform for documentary filmmakers.^[6][15][16]