Lise Pyles

Screenwriter

San Antonio, Texas

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June 2014

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About Lise

Lise earned semi-finalist at Nicholl Fellowship and Austin Film Festival, and won a seat at the Black List/WIF Feature Lab where she had one-on-one work sessions with Oscar-winner Graham Moore (THE IMITATION GAME) and Amy Baer (MARY SHELLEY, BRIAN BANKS).

Her writing spans adaptations, historical, and drama. In lighter fare, she writes rom-com and family.

A former NSA analyst and freelancer, Lise has also worked as motel desk clerk, substitute teacher, waitress, and as concierge at a senior living complex (which inspired her script, INDEPENDENT LIVING). After nine years overseas (UK, Australia), she is stateside now -- usually writing.

Gender:
Female

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MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET Romance An ambitious mayor's assistant organizes the town's historic Christmas Parade, but when the showpiece -- Santa's sleigh -- goes missing, she must enlist the help of a baffling new rancher.
PICTURE THEM NAKED Drama ⋄ Comedy A timid desk clerk with a public speaking phobia must give a speech -- if she can overcome her past and the dubious mentorship of an elderly genius.
MY HEART LIES HERE Historical ⋄ Western When Rockefeller's coal company attacks striking miners in 1914 Colorado, a headstrong Scottish teen joins the resistance to save her brother. A six-episode Mini-series from IP.
SONG OF THE DOLPHIN Family Hoping to learn about the mother he lost, a boy visits his mom's hometown in Tahiti, where a friendly dolphin offers clues to fulfill a long-lost promise -- if he is ready to take the leap. Co-written with Richard Dane Scott.
THE LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance When a broke single mom accidentally destroys a Mexican-American single dad's livelihood, they pool resources to try to win a holiday lighting contest to save their kids' Christmas.
JUMPER AND THE BONES Comedy ⋄ Drama An apartment custodian with all the sophistication of Forrest Gump, must protect the woman he adores from a street gang ("The Bones").
BANNER HERO Drama ⋄ Historical When the stranding of his plane results in the loss of two men, the first pilot to cross the Pacific (Charles Kingsford Smith) must fight accusations of a massive hoax gone wrong. Based on true events.

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Credits

Must Be Meowy (2019)
Film (short) Assistant Director Two videographers of feline films tangle with an uncooperative cat and her crazy cat-lady owner.
Mabel (2016)
Film (short) Co-Writer A tree that has seen too much bloodshed in its history takes a dark effect on all who come near.
Strong Female Lead (2015)
Film (short) Co-Writer A misogynist screenwriter is visited by his characters -- especially his pissed off female lead, who is tired of his BS.
Fields Afire (2014)
Film Script Supervisor