Vanessa Parise

Vanessa Parise is an American film director, writer, producer, and actress based in New York City.

[6][7] Her television movies, Perfect High and Drink Slay Love have been named by the Lifetime’s Broad Focus initiative.

[8] Parise has been nominated for Leo Awards for Best Direction for Lighthouse in 2015,[9] for Perfect High in 2016,[10] for Beyond in 2018,[11] and for The Simone Biles Story in 2019.

Parise followed this with the film Jack and Jill vs the World which raised money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and then enjoyed a limited theatrical release.

[9] She was named by Lifetime with their Broad Focus Top 5 Original Movies 2015,[8] and by SheKnows as one of Ten Female Directors Breaking Stereotypes in 2014.