USA

Lisa Merton started out her career as a weaver. She studied textile design and weaving in Scandinavia and, after returning to the U.S., worked professionally as a weaver for ten years. While studying in Norway she was inspired by a series of tapestries that depicted the occupation of Norway by the Nazis. Her intent was to weave tapestry and use it as an art form for social change but instead she ended up as a production weaver. It was not until she started making films in 1989 that she fulfilled her intent to weave images that could inspire social change. She has a Masters in Teaching English and has taught English as a second language in multicultural classrooms. She brings her interest in education, cultural diversity, and social change, as well as her skill as a craftsman, to the filmmaking process. Biography Source

Filmography

The Stuff of Dreams (1976)
Blanche: A Profile of Blanche Honegger Moyse (1986)
Wolf Kahn: Landscape Painter (1990)
Bridge of Fire (1992)
Home to Tibet (1995)
The World in Claire’s Classroom (2000)
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (2008)
BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal? (2017)