Lisa Rideout

Lisa Rideout is a Canadian filmmaker. She is best known for her work on the documentaries Sex with Sue, Take a Walk on the Wildside and One Leg In, One Leg Out.

Rideout holds a MFA degree in documentary media from Ryerson University and her MA in critical media and cultural studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. She founded her production company, Lifted Eyes Media, in 2013. In 2023, Sex with Sue, her documentary about prolific sex educator Sue Johanson, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Program. Sex with Sue also aired on the W Network and premiered at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Also in 2023, Lisa produced the second season of the series Citizen Minutes for Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival. Lisa was one of the directors for the series This Is Pop, which aired on CTV in Canada and Netflix internationally in 2021.

In 2018, her documentary, His Nose, Her Eyes, Whose Face? premiered, it was inspired by her own multiracial experience. Her documentary, One Leg In, One Leg Out premiered in 2018, about a sex worker who balances her clients with her social work aspirations. The film played at numerous festivals and won multiple awards including best short documentary at the LA Film Festival and best short documentary at the Brooklyn Film Festival. In 2017, her documentary, Take a Walk on the Wildside, about a clothing store which caters to the unique needs of crossdressers, premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It went on to win the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.