Filmmaking/Writing
I started writing and producing films in 2012 and directed my first short in 2022. In 2015 I wrote my first short play and feature film script. I have received funding and development support from Film London and Creative England and was a BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew participant as a writer in 2018 & 2019.
I love making films more than anything. Seeing projects through, from conception to birth, have provided the most satisfying creative experiences of my life.
Just Jewish (13'21), 2022
Produced & Directed by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Written by Lisa Ray-Jacobs & Simon Powell
Logline: The tenacious proprietor of marital agency, ‘Date Your Faith’, attempts to save her struggling business by convincing a Christian client to embrace Judaism so she can win her man.
Script shortlisted for The Pears Short Film Fund (UKJF), 2018 & 2019 and the IMDb Script to Screen Award, 2019. Production completed October 2022.
Festivals:
– The Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, Florida, USA, February-March 2023
– Ciné-Rencontres, Prades, France, July 2023
– Semi-finalist at the Oscar, BAFTA, Canadian Screen Academy Award Qualifying Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2023.
– Festival du court-métrage de Fréjus, February 2024
Home, A Short Ensemble Play, McQueens Theatre, Collage Arts, London - February 18th 2022 at 7pm
Written & Directed by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Produced by Collage Arts & Lisa Ray-Jacobs
The civil war in Syria led to the world’s biggest refugee crisis since WWII. ‘Home’ is a short play performed by actors portraying refugees who tell us a story of love. It sets out to show how, in the face of mounting racism and xenophobia, only love, tolerance and unity can serve humanity.
British Air NO Ways! - VOSTA (1'), 2019
Directed by Lisa Ray-Jacobs & Matylda Dymek
Written by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Produced by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Logline: Ever wanted to visit the whole world without polluting the planet? Well now you can, with ‘British Air NO Ways!’…
A one minute film shot on a mobile phone.
Finalist at the Act NOW on Climate Change Mobile Film Festival, Paris 2019.
Murmuring Goodbye (1'), 2018
Directed by Simon Powell
Written by Lisa Ray-Jacobs & Simon Powell
Produced by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Logline: A woman says goodbye to England, revealing ghosts from the past.
A one minute film shot on a mobile phone.
Finalist at the Mobile Film Festival, Paris 2018 and screened at The Women Over Fifty Film Festival (WOFFF), UK 2018.
Amsterdam (A Love Story) - Feature Length Script (In development/Seeking Finance)
Written by Lisa Ray-Jacobs
Short Synopsis: Set in London, Amsterdam (A Love Story) is a modern love story about two women in their fifties; Jean and Juliette. Former flames, they meet today for the first time in thirty years when Juliette visits Jean from Paris. For the first time, they face each other and their past; a past which holds an event that changed the shape of both their lives and prevented them from reuniting until now.
Romantic, intelligent, funny, sexy and provocative, the two women go on a journey over 48 hours that takes them along their former London haunts, encounters with friends old and new, leading them to confront, embrace and ultimately let go of their dark past.
Amsterdam (A Love Story) has received script development from Film London & Creative England and was part of Microwave, Film London’s flagship micro-budget feature film scheme.
Prick Thy Neighbour (13'04), 2015
Directed by Tara FitzGerald
Written by Lisa Ray-Jacobs (as Lisa Jacobs)
Produced by Georgina French & Lisa Ray-Jacobs (as Lisa Jacobs)
A French Fancy Production 2014
http://prickthyneighbourthefilm.com
Logline: Fiona, Mike & Millie live next-door to each other. Mike fancies Fiona. Fiona doesn’t fancy Mike. One evening, following another of Mike’s desperate attempts to woo Fiona, Millie decides her two neighbours should have dinner…
Screened at 9 international film festivals including BAFTA accredited Palm Springs Short Fest. Broadcast in 4 territories. Distribution: Origine Films
Inside Out - (6'40), 2012
Directed by Ambarish Manepalli
Written by Christopher T VanDijk
Produced by Lisa Ray-Jacobs (as Lisa Jacobs) & Ambarish Manepalli
Logline: A Smith and Sara M are forced to unhook, but will they hook up?
Inside Out was written, shot, edited and scored in 48hrs for the 48 Go Green 2012 Film Competition, of which it was a finalist.