Lisa Cooke, VES Interview | VES Honors Celebration 2024 | Tippett Studios EP Shares Career Insights
2024 VES Fellow Honoree
Cooke is an Executive Producer at Tippett Studio,
where she produces VFX for numerous projects
including Alien: Romulus, Poker Face, Gaslit, The
Resort, and The Man Who Fell to Earth, among
others. Previously, she founded and led a company
that specialized in visual effects for the scientific
community and taught storytelling techniques to
scientists to aid in the effective communication of
their research.
Cooke has been actively involved with the VES for
many years, including serving on the Bay Area
Section Board of Managers for six years. She served
on the VES global Board of Directors for another six
years, and was VES Board Chair from 2021 to 2023 –
the first woman to lead the global organization.
Currently, Cooke is the Chair of the VES Archives
Committee which is spearheading the launch of the
Roth Virtual Museum of VFX. She is also co-leading
a new initiative, focused on the advancement of
women in the visual effects industry