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Lisa Hammer(III)

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  • Composer
  • Producer
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Lisa Hammer is a writer, director, producer, editor, actress and singer/composer. She is best recognized as the voice of Triana Orpheus on the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros, as well as for her extensive music career as a singer-songwriter. She has directed the independent feature films Pox and Pus$bucket, and the CMJ Film Festival winner The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch which she co-directed with James Merendino (SLC Punk). She has worked as an editor on Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2, Montauk (with Molly Ringwald), Out of Order (With Brooke Shields), Before Someone Gets Hurt, Great Kills, The History of Steampunk: a documentary, POX: the movie and TV show, The Sisters Plotz (with Eve Plumb) and dozens of shorts, music videos, commercials and editorial videos. Lisa has collaborated with Ben Edlund (The Tick, Firefly, Angel, Supernatural) and Doc Hammer (The Venture Bros) on multiple projects. She created The Pox Show starring H. Jon Benjamin (Archer, Jon Benjamin Has a Van), Jonathan Katz (Dr. Katz), and Arden Myrin (Orange Is the New Black, Inside Amy Schumer). Lisa directed and produced two award-winning weekly NY cable TV shows and has worked with such notables as, Clayne Crawford (Jericho, Swimfan), Lisa D'Amato (America's Next Top Model), Jimmy Duval (Donnie Darko, SLC Punk!), Courtney Love (Hole), and Russell Sams (The Rules of Attraction), to name a few. Lisa has also directed such names as: Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch), Allen Lewis Rickman (Boardwalk Empire, A Serious Man), Yelena Shmulenson (Boardwalk Empire, A Serious Man, OITNB) and Aryn Cole (All My Children). The Sisters Plotz premiered at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and Anthology Film Archives in NY. Lisa's films have won awards from the CMJ Film Festival, Telly Awards, Hugo Awards, It Came From Kuchar Film Festival, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Canada International Screenplay Festival, Ontario Film Festival, Antimatter, Indieworks, two from New York Press, and many more. She has had one-woman shows at the Olympia Film Festival, Perth International Film Festival, and the Duolun Art Museum in Shanghai, China. Her original series Maybe Sunshine is available on Seeka TV (ROKU). Her latest endeavors include: Cinemtaographer/actor and co-writer of James Merendino's Great Kills, producer and editor for Levi Wilson's Luke and Emma and a Gas station on Franklin Avenue, her award-winning music video Hunted: Werewolves of the Astral Plane, executive producer of Montauk, starring Molly Ringwald, an award-winning screenplay Ghostapus and on-set and assistant editor for Out of Order starring Brendan Routh and Brooke Shields. Her film Empire of Ache was acquired for the Getty Museum's feminist film collection, curated by Miranda July.

Acting credits include: The Venture Bros, Great Kills, 90 Days of Games, Bull, Sex and the City, The Networker, Monster Hunt, The Sisters Plotz, Beneath the Black Moon, Maybe Sunshine, The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch, Washington Heights, Frankenstein and the Monster from Blood Cove, Venus ATTACKS!, Mary Knows Best, Distraction, Sex and the City, Terror Lab, GoDaddy commercial: Related, Pox, Pus$bucket, Rub, Period Piece and an extensive theatre repertoire.

She was also lead singer of the gothic rock bands Mors Syphilitica, The N.C.S. and Requiem In White. An avid singer and composer, she has CD releases on Projekt Records and an indie band, Radiana, with indie guitarist/composer Steven Deal (Chopper/Bleached Black) and The Terror Twins: Bloody Ballads with brother James Merendino. Her music has been used in films such as Alucard, Montauk, Until Someone Gets Hurt, Punk's Dead, Beneath the Black Moon, Idle Worship, and Pox. The music from her band Radiana is featured in the original series Maybe Sunshine, directed by husband Levi Wilson.
BornApril 4, 1967
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    • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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Lisa Hammer and James Merendino "Great Kills"
Directing Paul Mullan in "POX" the movie.
Puppy Love
Singing in "Radiana" for the series "Maybe Sunshine"
Lisa Hammer as Triana Orpheus
Lisa Hammer
at The Big Apple Film Festival
Poster art for Lisa Hammer's "Willows"
Lisa and James Terror on the set of "Great Kills"
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Poster art for "Sweetheart Roland" screenplay
Lisa Hammer singing with Fashion Bird Danger Danger

Known for:

The Venture Bros. (2003)
The Venture Bros.
8.6
TV Series
  • Triana Orpheus
  • Jeanie
  • Jeanie (Mrs. Tom)
  • Leslie Cohen
  • Lesliebots
  • Princess Tinglepants
  • Prostitute
  • Waitress 1
  • Waitress 2(voice)
Great Kills (2023)
Great Kills
8.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2 (2016)
Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2
4.7
  • Editorial Department
  • 2016
Liam Aiken, Charlie Tahan, and Sadie Calvano in Montauk
Montauk
  • Writer

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    Writer

    • Montauk
      • contributing writer
      • Post-production
    • Great Kills (2023)
      Great Kills
      • creator
      • co-writer
      • TV Series
      • 2023
    • Steve Stanulis in Great Kills (2022)
      Great Kills
      • writer
      • 2022
    • Lisa Hammer in Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane) (2021)
      Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane)
      • Writer
      • Video
      • 2021
    • Edward Michael and Danielle Boivin in Double Proposal (2018)
      Double Proposal
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 2018
    • Lisa Hammer, Jonathan Forte, Jacob Heimer, James Glayat, and Louis Cozza in Maybe Sunshine (2015)
      Maybe Sunshine
      • Writer
      • TV Series
      • 2015–2016
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Allen Lewis Rickman, Stephen Heskett, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, Chris Oleary, Yelena Shmulenson, Melissa Patterson, Katie Gilbert, Sal Brienik, and Autumn Whitefield-Madrano in The Sisters Plotz (2015)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • story
      • 2015
    • Lisa Hammer in Maybe Sunshine (2015)
      Maybe Sunshine
      • story
      • co-writer
      • TV Short
      • 2015
    • Chris Oleary in The Pox Show (2012)
      The Pox Show
      • Writer
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, and Sal Brienik in The Sisters Plotz (2012)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • story
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Pox (2011)
      Pox
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch (2009)
      The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch
      • writer
      • 2009
    • Dame Darcy in Turn of the Century (2009)
      Turn of the Century
      • creator
      • 2009
    • Empire of Ache (1996)
      Empire of Ache
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 1996
    • A Fixed Place of Heaven
      • Writer
      • Video
      • 1994
    • Beauty & the Beast
      • Writer
      • Short
      • 1992

    Composer

    • Montauk
      • Composer (vocal)
      • Post-production
    • Lisa Hammer in Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane) (2021)
      Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane)
      • Composer
      • Video
      • 2021
    • Marla Schultz, Jenny Paul, Jacqui Rossi, and Dov Lebowitz-Nowak in Idle Worship (2016)
      Idle Worship
      • Composer
      • Short
      • 2016
    • Lisa Hammer, Jonathan Forte, Jacob Heimer, James Glayat, and Louis Cozza in Maybe Sunshine (2015)
      Maybe Sunshine
      • Composer
      • TV Series
      • 2015–2016
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Allen Lewis Rickman, Stephen Heskett, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, Chris Oleary, Yelena Shmulenson, Melissa Patterson, Katie Gilbert, Sal Brienik, and Autumn Whitefield-Madrano in The Sisters Plotz (2015)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • Composer (background music)
      • 2015
    • Beneath the Black Moon (2015)
      Beneath the Black Moon
      • Composer
      • Short
      • 2015
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, and Sal Brienik in The Sisters Plotz (2012)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • Composer (background score)
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Pox (2011)
      Pox
      • Composer
      • 2011
    • Alucard (2008)
      Alucard
      • Composer
      • Video
      • 2008
    • Dreams of the Many
      • Composer (as Mors Syphilitica)
      • Video
      • 1996
    • A Fixed Place of Heaven
      • Composer (as Requiem in White)
      • Video
      • 1994
    • Puss Bucket (1991)
      Puss Bucket
      • Composer (as Lisa Houle)
      • 1991
    • Gia Torna
      • Composer (as Requiem in White)
      • Video
      • 1990

    Producer

    • Luke and Emma and a Gas Station on Franklin Ave
      • executive producer, producer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Montauk
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
    • Lisa Hammer in Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane) (2021)
      Hunted (Werewolves of the Astral Plane)
      • producer
      • Video
      • 2021
    • 90 Days of Games (2020)
      90 Days of Games
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2020
    • Lisa Hammer, Jonathan Forte, Jacob Heimer, James Glayat, and Louis Cozza in Maybe Sunshine (2015)
      Maybe Sunshine
      • producer
      • TV Series
      • 2015–2016
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Allen Lewis Rickman, Stephen Heskett, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, Chris Oleary, Yelena Shmulenson, Melissa Patterson, Katie Gilbert, Sal Brienik, and Autumn Whitefield-Madrano in The Sisters Plotz (2015)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Beneath the Black Moon (2015)
      Beneath the Black Moon
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2015
    • Lisa Hammer in Maybe Sunshine (2015)
      Maybe Sunshine
      • executive producer
      • TV Short
      • 2015
    • Levi Wilson and Dina Cataldi in Venus ATTACKS! (2014)
      Venus ATTACKS!
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2014
    • Chris Oleary in The Pox Show (2012)
      The Pox Show
      • producer
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Eve Plumb, Lisa Hammer, Lisa Ferber, Levi Wilson, and Sal Brienik in The Sisters Plotz (2012)
      The Sisters Plotz
      • producer
      • TV Series
      • 2012
    • Pox (2011)
      Pox
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Whimsellica's Grand Inheritance
      • associate producer
      • Short
      • 2010
    • Dame Darcy in Turn of the Century (2009)
      Turn of the Century
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Why Does It Do That?
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2006
    • Ultimate Team Invasion Force
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2005
    • Period Piece (2004)
      Period Piece
      • producer
      • Short
      • 2004
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos6

    Maybe Sunshine
    Demo Reel 0:58
    Maybe Sunshine
    Period Piece
    Full Movie 9:30
    Period Piece
    Why Does It Do That?
    Full Movie 5:55
    Why Does It Do That?
    The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch
    Full Movie 1:21:52
    The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch
    Ultimate Team Invasion Force
    Trailer 0:46
    Ultimate Team Invasion Force
    The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch
    Trailer 1:05
    The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch

    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • Blessed Elysium
    • Born
      • April 4, 1967
      • Salem, Massachusetts, USA
    • Spouses
        Levi WilsonMay 23, 2009 - present
    • Other works
      "My Virgin Widows" music video.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 2 Articles
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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      A direct descendant of Richard Stockton, an American lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. She is also a descendant of Commodore Robert Field Stockton, a United States naval commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican-American War.

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