Lane Shefter Bishop is a multi-award winning producer/director who has
received numerous accolades for her work including an EMMY, six Telly
Awards, a Videographer Award, three Communicator Awards, a Sherril C.
Corwin Award, an Aurora Award, a Davey Award, a New York Festivals Award
and the DGA Fellowship Award for Episodic Television.
Currently, Ms. Bishop is CEO of Vast Entertainment, a book-to-screen company with numerous projects, including feature films:
REBOOT (Peter Chernin/Chernin Ent) for Fox 2000,
THE LAST APPLE (Silver Pictures and Ineffable Pictures),
THE KILLER IN ME and
HUNTER’S MOON (Todd Garner/Broken Road),
RESET (Ellen Goldsmith-Vein/Gotham Group),
SISTER’S GRIMM (State Street Pictures) and
THE DUFF (McG/Wonderland – released 2015) for CBS Films & Lionsgate; MOW:
THE CHOKING GAME (Orly Adelson Prods – released 2014) for Lifetime, which Ms. Bishop also directed; limited series:
DEAD RUN (Jane Goldenring/Goldenring Productions) and TV series:
CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATH (Mike Medavoy/Phoenix Pictures),
BLACKBIRD (Intrigue Ent),
SHIFTERS (Chuck Roven/Atlas Ent),
DIVE (Hunt Lowry/Roserock Pictures),
THE BODY INSTITUTE (Storyline Ent/Zadan/Meron Prods) and
ANNE PERRY’S ‘THE INVESTIGATOR’ (Lauren Shuler Donner/The Donner Co). Additionally, Ms. Bishop co-produced the feature film
ASSASSINATION GAMES for MPCA. Ms. Bishop is also the former EVP of Motion Pictures and Television at TwinStar Entertainment.
In addition to her scripted fare, Ms. Bishop also has extensive
experience in reality television. Vast is currently partnered on all
non-scripted programming with Bishop-Lyons Entertainment, which has a
first-look deal with ITV Studios. To date, Ms. Bishop has directed more
than two dozen sizzle reels as well as pilots for BLE, including
VISIONARIES (partnered with Left/Right) for AMC,
BARBADORO COMPOUND (ITV/MTV) and
REINVENTION (Fox TV Studios.) Moreover, Ms. Bishop shot the pilot episodes for the series
GEARS and the new show
BODY SHOP CONFESSIONS.
Ms. Bishop is also a three-time speaker at the WGA as well as at
numerous writers conferences around the country and is author of the
book
SELL YOUR STORY IN A SINGLE SENTENCE, which will be
published by prestigious W.W. Norton & Company in May of 2016. In a
recent online interview, CNN dubbed her “The Book Whisperer” of
Hollywood.
Ms. Bishop began her work in the industry at Moxie Productions, where
she produced and directed projects for such networks as ABC, Showtime,
HBO and MTV. She has directed numerous television shows and six
feature-length motion pictures, including
THE DAY LABORERS (aka
Los Jornaleros),
which received Official Selection in Edward James Olmos’ LA Latino
Int’l Film Festival, Cine Accion (San Fran), OutFest (Hollywood), Reel
Affirmations (Wash DC), NewFest (NY) as well as the Milan International
Film Festival (Italy). The film was distributed through HBO and
Blockbuster.
Ms. Bishop holds a B.A. in Literature from UC Santa Barbara and an
M.F.A. in Production from USC’s School of Cinema/Television. She is a
director-member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences.
