Biography

Sharon Liese is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer. Her most recent film, SEIZED, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, won awards at Florida Film Festival, Doc Edge Festival, and MNFF, and will be distributed on a streamer later this year. Her film, THE FLAGMAKERS (NatGeo, Disney+), won the Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary (2023) and was Oscar shortlisted. Her short documentary, PARKER, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is distributed through The New Yorker. Her HBO feature documentary, TRANSHOOD, won the audience award at AFI. Sharon’s film, THE GNOMIST (CNN Films), premiered at Tribeca Film Festival (won 14 awards and attracted 16M views on CNN’s Great Big Story platform). Other films include FIGHT FOR THE FIRST (Meet The Press Film Festival) and SELFIE (Clio winner, Sundance Institute).

Sharon has also created and directed documentary series for television: PINK COLLAR CRIMES (CBS); HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (WeTV, Gracie winner), as well as served as EP & Show Runner for series on Discovery, MTV, OWN, and Lifetime. She recently directed and executive produced LET US PREY, a four-part series on Discovery ID and Max.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sharon Liese