Panel: The Rationale – And Irrational of Investing in Films

Lisa Osinloye is an Executive Producer and entertainment industry veteran for over 25 years. She began her career in the music business as an Artist, Writer, Manager and Producer who secured her first record deal with a major label as just a teen. She worked with Grammy Award Winning group Cameo at the tender age of 15 singing background on their number #1 hit record ‘Word Up’. Lisa was a songwriter in Multi-Grammy and Emmy Award Winning Producer Narada Michael Walden’s camp, who has produced hit records for such iconic artists as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Mariah Carey.
Lisa produced the TV Show ‘Famous People’ for a major cable network and she secured such Superstars as Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Alicia Keys and several others. Lisa is also Co-Founder of Fortune Girls, a multi-media brand that has reached over 7 million girls worldwide. The Animated TV Series ‘The Funky Fantastics’ based on the Fortune Girls franchise is currently in pre-production with co-production partner Toonz Media in Singapore and Academy Award Nominee, Golden Globe & Emmy Award Winner Janet Yang. Lisa recently Executive Produced the feature film ‘The Last Full Measure’ Starring 9 Academy Award Winners and Nominees including Samuel Jackson, Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris and Sebastian Stan just to name a few. Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate distributed the film which debuted in theaters in January 2020.
Lisa Osinloye and her producing partner Simone White is currently Producing the feature film ’18 Hours’ with Golden Globe Winner and Emmy Award Winning Producer Janet Yang, ‘Hidden’ starring Taye Diggs, Niecy Nash, Amandla Steinberg and Mike Colter, ‘The Assistant’ starring Paula Patton, ‘Terrorist #1’ starring Kelly Marie Tran and A Family’s Fury starring Michael Jai White. Lisa is also on the Advisory Board for The Cannes Film Festival’s Pavillion Afriques, the first platform at the Cannes Film Festival developed to gather multiple countries from Africa and its diaspora under a single tent in order to promote the African Film Industry and African content creators.
Lisa also Executive Produced the Feature Film ‘Her Only Choice’ on Netflix. Lisa is Co-Founder of Ten Ten Global Media, a TV and Film production company who along with her business partner Simone White, is producing several upcoming feature film and television projects starring A list talent. In addition, Lisa and Simone are Co-Founders of their sister distribution company Bonsai Media, soon to be announced. They have greenlit 30 titles for distribution from filmmakers all around the world.