At the Heart of Production with Lisa Stewart

Lisa Stewart is a successful Hollywood animation producer who grew up loving everything about the movies. She couldn’t get enough of them, and watched every old and new movie she could. This passion ultimately led her to Hollywood shortly after graduating from Stanford University, without any real plan, except her determination to work in the entertainment business. In fact, her only real contact there tried to discourage her from even coming to Hollywood at all. Fortunately, she didn’t listen to him, and with her unwavering perseverance and smarts, mixed with some serendipitous moments, she found herself working on the first season of The Simpsons. That led to other gigs on iconic movies like Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous. Then the animation execs came calling. She hesitated, but decided to take on the animation project with a little extra encouragement from Chris Rock who told her, “Lisa,do the cartoon!” Well, one project led to another, and she’s been producing big animation movies ever since. Most notably, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Vivo. Join us as we listen to Lisa take us on her creative journey as Hollywood producer. 

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