About Me
/Native Canadian, Hollywood based and internationally recognized, actress Lisa Crosato is a fine example of the new Hollywood-- filming globally and viewing locally. Having worked with international directors such as James Chean of Burma and Hong Kong, Tony Occhiello of Italy and award-winning French director Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Quartier Mozart), she has also worked with established American directors, such as Iren Koster and Robert Hyatt.And like many other young Hollywooders, Lisa is also involved in the writing and producing of her projects. Her short film Kenmore Ave--a gritty Hitchcock style thriller filmed at night on the streets of Hollywood---was recently screened to rave response at Sundance, the LA Short Film festival, the Queens, N.Y. Film Fesitval and at the Cannes Film Festival, where the organizers projected the trailer over the red carpet and it ran more than 600 times. Directed by Nunzio Fazio, Lisa€™s compelling performance in Kenmore Ave. creates a palpable chemistry between her and co-star renowned Russian actor Levan Uchaneishvili (Black Prince, Spike Lee€™s 25th Hour).As a member of the board of directors for the €œValkyrie Theatre of Dance and Drama€?, she has also co-produced a documentary about abused women and children and the healing power of creativity.Lisa Crosato grew up and began acting in Vancouver, Canada and later studied and trained with Susan Strasberg, in Mark High€™s master class and with Jeff Goldblum. Early in her career, she was accepted into the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she worked with such notables as Gweneth Paltrow, Christopher Reeve, and Kate Burton. Of her Williamstown experience Lisa notes: "That's where I really learned the craft of acting, by watching and working with great Broadway actors."She went on to achieve acclaim in many stage productions including Beirut, A Lie of the Mind, Saloons and Saviors, and Swimming in the Shallow End.Just prior to her death, the legendary Shelley Winters had cast Lisa, in what was to be a new staging of her play, One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger, which she had written and staged in the 1970's on Broadway with Robert DeNiro and Diane Ladd. Although the new staging, never transpired, Shelley Winters continues to be an incredible artistic and spiritual inspiration to Lisa.Lisa€™s first feature role was in Robert Hyatt€™s action adventure film, Deadly Ransom with Brion James, Francesco Quinn and John Aprea. She has also starred in the road movie, Guaranteed on Delivery with David Carradine.Her numerous independent films include the award winning Dill Scallion, Progeny, The Russian Godfather, and One More Round.Lisa has recently starred in the indie feature Alibi, an edgy suspense thriller about two women who meet in a bar and and become more than intimately involved when they decide to help each other "get rid" of someone in each of their lives in order to seek revenge. In Alibi, Lisa works with popular German film star Marie Zielcke and director James Chean of Hong Kong renown.Bio written by Judy Sandra.
