Lisa Ovies
Director, Writer and Producer at AFIN
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Biography
Lisa Ovies is an award winning producer, director and actress currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. She originally trained at Vancouver Film School in 2002 for documentary film, production and screenwriting; as well as received a scholarship in 2006 to Columbia Academy of Broadcasting where she excelled in her field. In 2008 she began pursuing her love of acting by attending the full time program at Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts and in June 2011, she launched the film company I No.Films. Since then, she received a full scholarship to Women in the Directors Chair to train in the art department, and in 2014 she received a scholarship to Chicago Second City where she spent the better part of the summer working on her improv and sketch writing. In 2014 she also had her directorial debut with the comedy 'I Wanna Date U' and her feature film "Taking My Parents to Burning Man" took home audience choice awards at the Sonoma International Film Festival, the Newport Beach Film Festival and the Maui Film Festival. She most recently directed her first feature film, the comedic slasher 'Puppet Killer. Lisa is also the owner of Rogue Studios, a studio space in Vancouver that is home to 2 production companies, an improv school and a children's acting school.
From the Judges, on Puppet Killer (2019)
From the Judges, on Puppet Killer
A horror outing made by someone who plainly loves the genre and knows its rules well enough to play with them. The panel came away praising its polished, well-crafted look and a fresh, genre-savvy inventiveness, alongside a cast that includes some recognisable and capable performers. It stayed with them well after the credits, the mark of a film that lingers.
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Credits at AFIN
Canada Selected filmography beyond AFIN
Primarily credited in acting across their wider career, per TMDB.
Since Lisa’s 2019 AFIN appearance, 4 known screen credits follow below. See the AFIN launchpad →
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A Mother’s Love since AFINGigi · Director · Writer3m2025 A young girl deals with the consequences of trusting a man online.
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Cringe since AFINLila · Director · Writer2025 Life can be hard. But for Lila, being a functioning adult is harder.
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Sleep Tight since AFINDirector15m2023 A young boy struggles to navigate everyday life as his parents battle through their divorce and he faces the trauma caused by his sleep paralysis demon.
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Eulogy to Us since AFINDirector1h 46m2023 A genre anthology about the dark side of dating and relationships.
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Puppet Killer Susan · Director · Writer1h 23m2019 While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.
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Suspension Paula1h 27m2015 A high school girl and her bullying peers are terrorized by an escaped psychotic killer who is more than meets the eye. The Night Daddy Came Home! Tormented at high school, Emily Hanson’s only escape is drawing graphic sketches depicting a crazed masked killer on a bloody rampage.
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I Wanna Date U Billy's Sister Amy16m2015 After being stood up by her dream guy, a perpetually single Holly and her best friend Lucy decide to take a stand for women everywhere and hunt him down.
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Mop King Marsha Booth1h 29m2013 Jed Wilkins is a free-lance maid and an embarrassment to his family. While his parents are on vacation, he runs into a drifter girl who changes the maid business forever.
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