Lisa N. Alexander

Writer | Director | Producer

Lisa N. Alexander is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and storyteller whose work explores identity, family, culture, community, and the complicated truths that shape our lives.

Alexander co-produced and directed the documentary What Mercy Looks Like, which chronicles the volunteers and organization that helped rebuild Houston communities following Hurricane Harvey. The film received a Gold Remi at the 2018 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was an Official Selection of the San Antonio Film Festival.

She later produced and directed Just One, a documentary examining the experiences of dual-status youth. The film received a Silver Remi at the 2022 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was also an Official Selection of the San Antonio Film Festival.

Her narrative and documentary work also includes The Spiral, a client-produced docudrama that was named a finalist in the Texas Indie Filmmaker Awards.

Alexander founded PrettyWork Studios to develop and produce original film and television projects. Its first feature project, My Father The Queen, is a multigenerational family drama centered on an accomplished journalist who discovers that everything she believed about her estranged father—and why he rejected her—may have been wrong.

My Father The Queen was named a semifinalist for the BLK Screenplay List.

In addition to her filmmaking, Alexander is the founder and publisher of This Woman Knows, an independent publication focused on the experiences, ideas, and interests of women, particularly Gen X and older millennial women. Her work as a journalist and storyteller informs the curiosity and emotional specificity she brings to her screenwriting.

Alexander earned her B.A. in Public Relations and Marketing, graduating cum laude from Ashford University. She has held leadership positions with the National Association of Women Business Owners and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® and the Alliance of Women Directors.

Alexander is currently developing My Father The Queen alongside additional narrative and documentary projects through PrettyWork Studios.

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Kathryn J. Hatam

Producer | Unit Production Manager

Kathryn is an experienced filmmaker versed in multiple facets of production. She credits her love of the visual and performing arts to dedicated teachers and amazing mentors. Throughout high school, she performed not only in school productions but also in both local and professional theatre groups.

While her performing was confined to only a few shows in college, where she studied International Affairs and Psychology, Kathryn found her way back to the arts a few years after graduation. In an unlikely turn of events, a fledgling production company was beginning an independent feature film in her hometown and needed support. Kathryn started her career by producing several small independent films, and then rapidly expanded into the Casting and AD Departments on major studio productions.

Since then, Kathryn has served in many capacities on a wide variety of projects and has traveled all over the United States: from Virginia to Minnesota, The Carolinas to Los Angeles, New Orleans to the Tennessee mountains, Mississippi, Alabama, and back again.

She believes that collaboration with professionals from diverse backgrounds, as well as an understanding and appreciation of other departments’ roles, grants every filmmaker a better working relationship and higher success rates in their projects – not to mention a better quality of production and a balanced, welcoming workplace culture.

Amongst other programs, Kathryn sits on the advisory board for The Grandin Theatre Film Lab which nurtures high school filmmakers through hands-on learning. She is active in several community organizations and persists in expanding accessibility to filmmaking by championing unique, diverse, and underserved voices. Kathryn believes that strong partnerships and representation not only in front of but behind the camera expand all of our horizons and shows the world what is truly possible.

Brandon James

Director of Photography

Houston native Brandon James uses his passion for film combined with years of experience in videography, photography, and film production to aid him in producing a diverse range of premium content. Brandon has worked on many commercials, music videos, documentaries, episodic series, promos, films, and animation projects.

Jessica Davis

1st AD

Jessica is an actress born and raised in Houston, TX who fell in love with film at an early age. She began pursuing her film career at the age of 20 and has been featured in films starring Omar Gooding. She later began to take an interest in the production side of film where she has assistant directed, coordinated, and recently was production supervisor for a feature starring academy award-winning actress Mo’Nique. Jessica continues to pursue her acting career with the hopes of showing the world that it’s possible to well both on camera and behind the camera.