Lisa Kleiner Chanoff

Lisa Kleiner Chanoff is co-founder of Catapult Film Fund. Catapult provides research and development funding and mentorship to launch important, moving and artful documentary films. Founded in 2010, Catapult has launched over 250 documentary films with both research and development support. Before her career in filmmaking, she practiced law in San Francisco and with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Lisa also has a master’s degree in museum studies. Lisa’s executive producer credits include documentaries Watchers of the Sky, Art and Craft, Brimstone and Glory, When God Sleeps, Extremis, Life Overtakes Me, and Lift, as well as several fiction feature films. She is president of the board of Catapult Film Fund and serves on the boards of SFFILM and the photojournalism nonprofit Catchlight. She is also an advisor to the Close Up Initiative for filmmakers from Southwest Asia and North Africa. Lisa is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.