Lisa M. Hansen
Encyclopedia
Lisa M. Hansen is an American film producer
, production manager, actor
, director, writer, and craft service person. She has worked in various genres, including thriller, action
, drama
, and science fiction
. She also frequently makes cameos in the movies she's involved with.
, Illinois
.
She began her career in entertainment as a radio
disc jockey
in Gillette, Wyoming
. Later on, she returned to Chicago to become program manager of Spectrum Pay-TV
.
In 1981, Hansen was hired by Chicago Teleproductions. In 1982, she was recruited by Paul Hertzberg
, moving to Los Angeles with him to do sales
for a new independent film studio CineTel Films
. Within a year, Hansen was promoted to vice president and then, the following year, to executive vice president.
In the early 1980s, Hansen and Hertzberg went to Cannes
for the first time, attending would later become MIPCOM
. During the festival, the two CineTel executives found themselves with entertainment shows "that we literally couldn't give away" with the exception of Hansen's film acquisition The Courier of Death, which sold out quickly; observing Hansen's success, CineTel Films switched its business focus from television programming to feature film production—a turning point in the company's history.
In 1990, she was named president of the newly formed CineTel Pictures, located in Burbank, California
. CineTel Pictures is a separate production from CineTel Films.
She is currently still the president of CineTel Pictures, Inc. and executive vice president of CineTel Films, Inc.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, production manager, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director, writer, and craft service person. She has worked in various genres, including thriller, action
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
, drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. She also frequently makes cameos in the movies she's involved with.
Life
Lisa Hansen grew up in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
She began her career in entertainment as a radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
in Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
. Later on, she returned to Chicago to become program manager of Spectrum Pay-TV
Spectrum (TV channel)
Spectrum was a subscription TV channel in the Chicago area that existed in the early 1980s. It was a direct competitor to ON-TV and operated in the same way. It was owned and operated by United Cable.-Usage:...
.
In 1981, Hansen was hired by Chicago Teleproductions. In 1982, she was recruited by Paul Hertzberg
Paul Hertzberg
Paul Hertzberg is an American producer, actor, casting, and writer.His genres included thrillers, action, drama, and sci-fi. He and Lisa M. Hansen founded CineTel Films in 1985. Much like his company's co-founder, Lisa M...
, moving to Los Angeles with him to do sales
Sales
A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity....
for a new independent film studio CineTel Films
CineTel Films
CineTel Films Inc. is an independent film production company and distributor based in West Hollywood, California.-History:Chicago Teleproductions was a forerunner to CineTel Films. Paul Hertzberg founded CineTel Films....
. Within a year, Hansen was promoted to vice president and then, the following year, to executive vice president.
In the early 1980s, Hansen and Hertzberg went to Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
for the first time, attending would later become MIPCOM
Mipcom
-MIPCOM:MIPCOM is a TV and entertainment market which is held in the town of Cannes once every year, normally in October.It is essentially a content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content...
. During the festival, the two CineTel executives found themselves with entertainment shows "that we literally couldn't give away" with the exception of Hansen's film acquisition The Courier of Death, which sold out quickly; observing Hansen's success, CineTel Films switched its business focus from television programming to feature film production—a turning point in the company's history.
In 1990, she was named president of the newly formed CineTel Pictures, located in Burbank, California
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
. CineTel Pictures is a separate production from CineTel Films.
She is currently still the president of CineTel Pictures, Inc. and executive vice president of CineTel Films, Inc.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Armed Response | executive producer | aka Jade Jungle |
| 1987 | Cold Steel | producer & screenwriter | |
| 1988 | Fear | producer& actor | aka Honor Betrayed - as Belinda |
| 1988 | Bulletproof Bulletproof (1988 film) Bulletproof is a 1988 movie directed by Steve Carver.-Plot:A clan of terrorists, of all backgrounds and types, seize the "Thunderblast" top-secret super tank, hiding it in Mexico. The task of recovering it is entrusted to "Bulletproof" Frank McBain, a former secret agent and current cop... |
executive producer | |
| 1988 | 976-EVIL 976-EVIL 976-EVIL is a 1989 horror film directed by Robert Englund.The film's title refers to the 976 telephone exchange, a now mostly defunct premium-rate telephone number system that was popular in the late 1980s but has since been superseded by area code 900.... |
director & producer | |
| 1989 | Hit List | executive producer & actor | as Sally, the store clerk |
| 1989 | Relentless Relentless (1989 film) Relentless is a 1989 American crime film directed by William Lustig and starring Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia and Leo Rossi. The film follows two LAPD officers on a hunt for an ex-cop turned serial killer.... |
executive producer | |
| 1990 | Tripwire Tripwire (film) Tripwire is a 1990 American film directed by James Lemmo.It is an action/adventure movie about a terrorist and government secret agent personal vendetta that began when a train hijacking goes badly awry and the terrorist son is accidentally killed. The original music score was composed by Richard... |
co-producer | |
| 1990 | Masters of Menace Masters of Menace -Plot:The Masters of Menace are a motorcycle club. When one of their own dies while testing his top fuel Harley, they decide to cross the country to go bury him... |
producer | |
| 1990 | Far Out Man Far Out Man Far Out Man was a 1990 comedy film written, directed by and starring Tommy Chong. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. Cinetel Films produced the movie and it was distributed in USA theaters by New Line Cinema, Sony Video , Platinum Disc , and RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video... |
producer | aka Soul Man II - as Police radio dispatcher |
| 1991 | Fast Getaway Fast Getaway Fast Getaway is a 1991 action comedy film, starring Corey Haim, Cynthia Rothrock and Leo Rossi.-Plot summary:Nelson is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. When the group is disbanded over differences, Nelson and his father part ways with their former... |
producer | |
| 1991 | Too Much Sun Too Much Sun Too Much Sun is a 1990 film directed by Robert Downey Sr.. It was filmed in Beverly Hills, California, USA and Los Angeles, California, USA,.-Availability:... |
producer | |
| 1991 | Past Midnight Past Midnight Past Midnight is a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film starring Paul Giamatti, Tom Wright and Clancy Brown alongside leads Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.-Synopsis:... |
producer | |
| 1992 | 976-Evil II 976-Evil II 976-EVIL II, also known as 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor, is a 1992 supernatural horror–slasher movie directed by Jim Wynorski.The tagline for the movie was: "Call if you dare!" The film is a sequel to the 1988 horror film 976-EVIL. The movie was referenced in Invasion of the Scream Queens... |
executive producer | aka 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor (UK: DVD box title) (US: video box title) & aka 976EVIL II: The Return (UK: video title) |
| 1992 | Dead On: Relentless II Dead On: Relentless II Dead On: Relentless II is a 1992 action thriller directed by Michael Schroeder. The tagline for the movie was: The first killer was unpredictable. This one is unstoppable. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the second installment in the Relentless series.-Plot:L.A... |
producer, assistant director, unit production manager, & actor | aka Dead On & aka Relentless II: Dead On (US: video title) - as Cop #5 |
| 1992 | We're Talking Serious Money We're Talking Serious Money We’re Talking Serious Money , also known as Serious Money, is an Action/Comedy directed by James Lemmo. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Leo Rossi, who also stars in the movie. Cinematography by Jacques Haitkin. It also stars: Dennis Farina, Fran Drescher, John LaMotta, Peter Iacangelo. It was... |
executive producer | |
| 1992 | Where the Day Takes You Where the Day Takes You Where the Day Takes You is a 1992 film directed by Marc Rocco. The film tells the story of teenage runaways trying to survive on the streets of Los Angeles... |
executive producer | |
| 1993 | Relentless 3 Relentless 3 Relentless 3 is a 1993 crime thriller film directed by James Lemmo. The tagline for the movie was: When the fear stops...you're dead! Relentless 3 was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the third installment in the Relentless series.... |
producer | aka Relentless III (US: TV title) |
| 1994 | Dangerous Touch Dangerous Touch Dangerous Touch is a 1994 thriller film directed by Lou Diamond Phillips. He also co-wrote the film with Kurt Voss, and Lisa Hansen co-produced the film. James Lemmo was the Cinematographer. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA... |
producer | |
| 1995 | Teresa's Tattoo Teresa's Tattoo Teresa's Tattoo is a 1994 action–comedy–crime film directed by Julie Cypher and John E. Vohlers. The film is also known as Natural Selection. The film stars C. Thomas Howell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Melissa Etheridge, who also performed songs for the film, K.D. Lang, and Kiefer Sutherland... |
producer & actor | as Hooker with Bird |
| 1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force | executive producer | |
| 1996 | Dead Girl | executive producer | |
| 1996 | Carried Away | producer | aka Acts of Love |
| 1997 | Below Utopia Below Utopia Below Utopia, also known as Body Count, is a 1997 independent film directed by Kurt Voss. The movie stars Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano and Ice T. Milano was also the executive producer of the film. Ice-T had composed an instrumental musical score for this film that wasn't used. The compositions... |
producer | aka Body Count (video title) |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | producer | |
| 1999 | Supreme Sanction | producer | television film |
| 2000 | Chain of Command Chain of Command (film) Chain of Command is a 2000 action/adventure film starring Roy Scheider and Patrick Muldoon.-Plot:New Secret Service agent Mike Connelly, assigned to protect President-elect Jack Cahill, becomes uneasy in having to protect a President who is having an affair with a friend's wife... |
executive producer | |
| 2000 | A Rumor of Angels A Rumor of Angels A Rumor of Angels is a 2000 American film directed by Peter O'Fallon, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Ray Liotta. The story is based upon the 1918 novel Thy Son Liveth: Messages From a Soldier to His Mother by Grace Duffie Boylan... |
producer | aka A Rumour of Angels (UK) |
| 2002 | Storm Watch Storm Watch Storm Watch is a movie released in 2002, directed by Terry Cunningham and starring Adrian Paul and Bai Ling, the music was composed by Sean Murray. The movie centers on a protagonist who plays a virtual reality online game, which suddenly turns into a race against time to stop a weather satellite... |
producer | aka Code Hunter (UK) (US: video title) & aka Virtual Storm (UK: DVD title) (US) |
| 2002 | Written in Blood | producer | |
| 2002 | Project Viper Project Viper Project Viper is a 2002 movie starring Patrick Muldoon, Theresa Russell, Curtis Armstrong, Tamara Davies. The movie was directed by Jim Wynorski under the pseudonym "Jay Andrews."-Plot:... |
producer | |
| 2002 | Global Effect | producer | |
| 2003 | Detonator | producer | aka Detonator - Spiel gegen die Zeit (Germany) |
| 2003 | Momentum | producer | television film; aka Momentum - Wenn Gedanken töten können (Germany: DVD title) & aka Projekt Momentum (Germany) |
| 2003 | Devil Winds] | executive producer | |
| 2003 | I Accuse | executive producer | aka J'accuse (Canada: French title) |
| 2004 | Premonition | executive producer | television film; aka The Psychic (US: video title) |
| 2004 | Snakehead Terror Snakehead Terror Snakehead Terror is a science fiction / horror film released in March 2004. It is one of two Syfy Channel films based on the snakehead fish incident in a Crofton, Maryland pond... |
executive producer | |
| 2004 | Gargoyle | executive producer | aka Gargoyle's Revenge (International: English title) & aka Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness (US: TV title) |
| 2005 | Solar Strike | executive producer | television film; aka Solar Attack (US: new title) |
| 2005 | Cerberus | producer | television film |
| 2005 | Crash Landing | executive producer | |
| 2005 | Sub Zero | executive producer | |
| 2006 | Caved In | producer | television film; aka Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (US: long title) |
| 2006 | Not My Life | executive producer | television film |
| 2007 | Bone Eater | producer | television film; aka Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (US: long title) |
| 2008 | Trial by Fire | executive producer | television series |
| 2009 | Ratko: The Dictator's Son Ratko: The Dictator's Son Ratko: The Dictator's Son also known as National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son is a 2009 teen comedy directed by Savage Steve Holland. The film was produced by Intermedia Films and Cinetel Films and was distributed by National Lampoon Inc... |
executive producer | aka National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son (US: complete title) |
| 2009 | Polar Storm | executive producer | television film |
| 2009 | Wyvern Wyvern (film) Wyvern is a 2009 American made-for-television horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on January 1, 2009. Written by Jason Bourque and directed by Steven R. Monroe, the film is part of the "Maneater" film series produced under an agreement... |
executive producer | |
| 2009 | Icarus Icarus (film) Icarus, also titled The Killing Machine in the UK and the U.S., is a 2010 American action-thriller film directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren.- Plot :... |
executive producer | |
| 2010 | I Spit On Your Grave I Spit on Your Grave (2010 film) I Spit on Your Grave is a 2010 American rape and revenge horror film, and a remake of the controversial 1978 cult film of the same name. It was directed by Steven R... |
producer |