About Lisa Olivieri

Director/Producer/Camera

Lisa Olivieri

Lisa Olivieri is an award-winning documentary filmmaker in the Boston area. Her first documentary, Blindsided, is an intimate portrait of a female artist slowly losing her sight and hearing while surviving her abusive girlfriend. The film has won numerous awards, including the Artistic Achievement Award in Directing from the qFLIX Film Festival/Worcester, and the Jury Award for Best Documentary from The Women’s Film Festival/Philadelphia. Blindsided aired on Maine Public Television in 2016 and received national grants from LEF Foundation, Frameline Film and Video Completion Fund, Women in Film Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Olivieri is best known for her ability to coax and capture unwavering raw and intense footage from her subjects. She is currently filming and directing her second documentary, Recovery City, about women in recovery in Worcester, MA.

 
 
 
 

Recognitions and Awards

  • q/FLIX/Worcester-Artistic Achievement Award in Directing

  • The Women’s Film Festival/qFLIX Philadelphia (Joint Presentation)-Jury Award for Best Documentary 

  • Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival-Best Feature Documentary in the Domestic Violence Awareness Category 

  • One of the “Men and Women Who Make A Difference” by Boston Spirit Magazine for her work on Blindsided.