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Lisa Nishimura is an American entertainment executive, formerly working for Netflix mainly on documentary films, stand-up comedy, and independent films. Her productions include 13th , American Factory , Chef's Table , Making a Murderer , Tiger King , and Wild Wild Country .
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- Taking Netflix to Oscar Glory
- Leading Netflix’s Foray Into Docuseries
- Netflix’s Cutbacks and Nishimura’s Legacy
Nishimura came to Netflix in 2007 from Palm Pictures where she served as general manager. At the time, virtually the only significant distributors of documentary content were PBS and HBO. Under Nishimura’s tenure, Netflix became a major player in the space, scoring the platform’s first Oscar nomination in 2014 for the documentary feature The Square...
“A couple years ago you would’ve thought Netflix would be definitely in the running [for Best Documentary Feature],” said Simon Kilmurry, former executive director of the International Documentary Association. “It’s surprising… NatGeo has a number of big films this year and Netflix not so much.” Nishimura also oversaw documentary series for Netflix...
As Deadline reportedThursday, all Netflix live-action film content now will be overseen by Kira Goldberg, Ori Marmur and Niija Kuykendall, reporting to Scott Stuber. Deadline understands Nishimura’s responsibilities in the doc space will be assumed by Dan Silver for the U.S. and Canada, and Kate Townsend for the U.K. (Adam Del Deo – VP, original do...
- Matthew Carey
Mar 31, 2023 · With the exit of long-tenured film executive Lisa Nishimura on Thursday, Netflix has officially entered its austerity age — whatever that may mean for the streaming powerhouse.
- Mia Galuppo
Lisa Nishimura is an American entertainment executive, formerly working for Netflix mainly on documentary films, stand-up comedy, and independent films. Her productions include 13th , American Factory , Chef's Table , Making a Murderer , Tiger King , and Wild Wild Country .
VP of Documentary and Independent Films at Netflix Lisa Nishimura attends Variety's Power of Women Presented by Lifetime at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on September 30, 2021 in... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
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Mar 31, 2023 · The exits of film executives Lisa Nishimura and Ian Bricke from Netflix late on March 30 shocked the documentary and indie film world. Not only were they Netflix stalwarts — Nishimura joined...
