Lisa Cortés is an American producer and director of a number of film and television works, including Little Richard: I Am Everything in 2023.

She attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in American Studies.

Cortés began her career at Def Jam, later Rush Producers Management and then as an executive at Mercury Records.

She produced the feature films The Apollo, Little Apple, and Invisible Beauty, and worked with Lee Daniels to produce The Woodsman, Shadow Boxer, Tennessee, and Precious.

[3] Cortés co-directed a film about the work of Stacey Abrams in All In: The Fight for Democracy with Liz Garbus[4]; The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion, and Little Richard: I Am Everything, with Dee Rees as Executive Producer,[5] a documentary which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.