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Lisa Gossels
New York City
Documentarian
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Supplementary Information
Title/Occupation:  Director  Editor  Producer 
Services Provided:  Film/Video Editing 
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian/White
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Languages Spoken: Engish, French

Brief Message to Members: 

I was an IDA member for years when "The Children of Chabannes" (1999) started its life in the world. Having spent 8 years making my 2nd feature documentary, "My So-Called Enemy," I'm excited to rejoin the IDA and reconnect with our great community.

Biography: 

Lisa Gossels' first feature documentary, "The Children of Chabannes," won an Emmy Award in 2001, 10 film festival awards, had a limited theatrical release, aired on HBO Signature, local PBS stations and is now distributed by Docurama. "The Children of Chabannes" has been praised as “One of the most heartening Holocaust films ever made--splendid, informative and emotionally involving," (Los Angeles Times) and called “a seamless memoir of courage and a tribute to the human spirit.” (New York Daily News). Stanley Kauffmann of the New Republic wrote, "It's not about the mystery of evil, but about an equally important subject: the mystery of good." Lisa started making "My So-Called Enemy," her second feature documentary, in 2002. The film had its world premiere at Silverdocs in 2010 and has a wonderful festival slate this year. A member of Selah, a national network of Jewish social justice leaders, she became a documentarian because she believes in the power of film to affect social change. Beyond her documentary work, Lisa produces and directs educational and promotional films for corporate and non-profit clients through her New York City-based company, Good Egg Productions, Inc. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University