Award winning film and television editor, Lisa Binkley began her career in post-production after having studied theatre and film production at U.B.C. She graduated from the Media Resources Program at Capilano University. Since then she has worked on numerous feature films, MOWs and television series.
Lisa was recognized when she received a Gemini Award (CSA) for her editing of the mini-series, “Human Cargo”. This Canadian/South African co-production was directed by Brad Turner (“Homeland” & “24”) and it received 17 Gemini Nominations and also won a Peabody Award.
Her work on MGM’s critically acclaimed science fiction series, “The Outer Limits” and Showtime’s, “The L Word” (created and produced by Ilene Chaiken) has given Lisa the opportunity to work with such directors as Marleen Gorris (Academy Award Winner – “Antonia’s Line”), Moisés Kaufman (“The Laramie Project”), Helen Shaver (“Vikings”), Lynne Stopkewich (“Kissed”), and Kimberly Peirce (“Boys Don’t Cry”).
She is currently working on the MGM+/Sony series called “American Hostage”. The thriller anthology is co-created and executive produced by Shawn Ryan (The Night Agent, S.W.A.T.) and Eileen Myers (Big Love, Mad Dogs), from Sony Pictures Television. It stars Emmy winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar) and Mireille Enos (World War Z), and it is being directed by Adam Arkin ( Succession) and Nina Lopez-Corrado (The Last of Us).
Lisa is a full member of IATSE 891, ACFC West and is a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In 2008, she was inducted as a full member of the Canadian Cinema Editors (cce) honourary society. She has twice been a mentor editor for the Women in the Director’s Chair Program and has volunteered for two years on the Awards Committee with the Canadian Cinema Editors.