LISA RUSSELL
I create cinematic, AI-driven stories that shape how we imagine the future.
I translate complex global systems, policies and data into human stories people can feel.
AI Art & Films
Speaking, Keynotes & Workshops
Writing, Curation & Thought Leadership
Leadership & Platforms
Lisa Russell is a Regional Emmy® Award–winning filmmaker, artist, and creative AI strategist working across film, generative media, and poetic narrative. Her work spans film festivals, the United Nations, and emerging platforms, where she builds cinematic story worlds that blend visual art, film, and poetry.
Where Darkness Meets the Algorithm
Featured during The Future of Humanity Art Walk at the World Economic Forum 2024
Summit of the Future
Showcased during the ITU / UNDP SDG Digital Event (2024)
Summit of the Future
Showcased during the ITU / UNDP SDG Digital Event (2024)
Summit of the Future
Showcased during the ITU / UNDP SDG Digital Event (2024)
Lisa has worked as an independent filmmaker and has a 20-year portfolio of films that span the globe.
SELECT FILMS
AI-Generated FIlms
Premiered at the AI for Good Global Summit)
Opened the UN High-Level Launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governace
Premiered at the COP29 Climate Change Conference
Screened at the 2024 UN DGC Nairobi Conference
Traditional Films
Short poetry film premiered during the 2015 SDG Summit
Short documentary film executive produced by GE Healthcare
UN International Year of Creative Economy
Short film for the IFC/World Bank Group Sustainability Exchange
Short promo video commissioned by former UN Assistant Secretary-General Thomas Gass
SCREENPLAYS
2020 Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Quarterfinalist
ARTSENVOY.AI
ArtsEnvoy.ai is an AI-powered arts and storytelling platform supporting creators, educators, and institutions—particularly across Africa and the Global South—to build ethical, culturally grounded creative work.
MEDIA COVERAGE
December 22, 2025
UN Chronicle
The Future of Responsible Storytelling in the Age of Creative AI
November 15, 2024
UN News
"Moving On" AI Climate Change Music Video at COP29
July 9, 2025
Women in AI
"Last Broadcast from Earth": A Powerful AI-Created Film by WAI Kenya Ambassador Premieres at the AI for Good Summit
June 11, 2025
CIO Africa
Kenya Launches Pioneering AI Creators Academy
September 23, 2015
Slate Magazine
The Deeply Moving Video on Climate Change that Every World Leader Should See
October 9, 2013
Forbes
A Teen Girl's Secret To Finding Real Power? Fix Something That's Broken
July 30, 2020
Geneva Solutions
The art of creating amid a global catastrophe
September 11, 2019
The Meaning Movement
Using Film to Change the World with Lisa Russell
SPEAKING & SHOWCASES
July 16, 2018
TEDx Asbury Park
Shifting the Story | Lisa Russell | TEDxAsburyPark
June 1, 2021
TEDxNITRourkela
Why the Creative Economy Needs a UN Arts Envoy | Lisa Russell | TEDxNITRourkela
December 5, 2021
World Conference on Creative Economy 2021 in Dubai
November 16, 2018
Opini id
World Conference on Creative Economy in Bali" The Creative Community Must Be Engaged
September 25, 2025
Film premiere — “You Decide,” screened at the UN General Assembly High-Level Multistakeholder Launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance
November 17, 2025
Featured speaker during the SDG Digital Event during the UN Summit of the Future, 2024 on “The Power of AI Storytelling”
Sepember 28, 2010
UN Media Week
Achieving the MDGs: Lisa Russell
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