With a background in documentary, including acclaimed short SUCKERFISH and the CTV 1-hour RESERVATION SOLDIERS, award-winning filmmaker Lisa Jackson expanded into fiction with SAVAGE, which won a 2010 Genie award for Best Short Film. As part of the Canadian Film Centre's Directors' Lab she completed the 35mm short PARKDALE (2011), and is working on fiction and documentary projects, including writing her first fiction feature. Her work has played at festivals internationally, broadcast on CBC, CTV, Bravo!, Knowledge, SCN, and APTN, and is used extensively in educational settings. She is Anishinaabe, has a BFA in Film Production from Simon Fraser University, is a popular speaker and workshop leader, and lives in Vancouver.