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Lisa Yadao is a Hawaiian-Filipina producer, director and screenwriter based in San Diego and San Francisco. She earned a BA in English from San Diego State University, studied screenwriting at UC San Diego and video production at Bay Area Video Coalition. Her credits include short films, web series and videos for Square, Caviar, Bobbie Baby, and Part2 Pictures.

She is a co-founder of Paper Tongue Productions, a collective of storytellers whose mission is to raise visibility for women, especially women of color, and to champion underrepresented perspectives in film and media.

Random facts: Habitual knuckle-cracker. Former cellist. Always hungry.

Currently (and forever) inspired by: Chantal Akerman, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Massy Tadjedin, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sharon Horgan, Michaela Coel, Chelsea Winstanley. The great Anthony Bourdain. And Taika Waititi.

Member: Int’l Documentary Association | Alliance of Women Directors | Brown Girls Doc Mafia

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