Slideshow
THE AUTOMAT In-Person Introduction
by Filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz
Monday, March 14, 5:50 show
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Lisa Hurwitz grew up in the storied Laurel Canyon neighborhood. She received a liberal arts degree from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and went on to work at arts organizations in Washington including The Olympia Film Society, where she directed The Olympia Film Festival, having started her affiliation there by volunteering as a 35 mm projectionist. Lisa helped oversee The Arts + Ideas Stage at The Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle and The Seattle Jewish Film Festival. She later moved to New York City where she worked as a publicist at an Italian public relations firm. Her first feature film THE AUTOMAT premiered at The 2021 Telluride Film Festival. Her next project, a narrative romantic comedy film set in Italy, is currently in development. She resides in Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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