Lisa Gossels - Biography

Lisa's 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) . Lisa started making "My So Called Enemy," her second feature documentary, in 2002. 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 nonprofit clients through her New York City-based company, Good Egg Productions, Inc. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University.