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About Lisa Cortes

Oscar Award Nominee Lisa Cortés helped to usher in the golden age of hip-hop as part of the Def Jam team before moving into film producing. Agraduate of Yale University with a degree in American Studies, she’s helped guide the careers of Vanessa Williams, Black Sheep and Brian McKnight and was eventually appointed Vice President ofA&R. In 1994, she became the first AfricanAmerican woman to be given her own label at a major record company with the creation of Loose Cannon Records. In the world of film Lisa, worked on the Oscar-nominated drama "Monster's Ball." "The Woodsman," "Shadowboxer," "Tennessee," and the most successful, "Precious," (the six-timeAcademy Award-nominated adaptation of Sapphire's novel, "Push."