Market-ready film, TV & vertical stories that blend emotional depth with commercial appeal.
With a BFA in Screenwriting from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, I’ve spent over two decades sharpening a voice that pairs craft with clarity, engagement with audience. My projects have been optioned, I’ve delivered open writing assignments, and recently wrote, directed and executive produced my own short film.
My current slate includes producer-friendly specs across film, television, and vertical; high-concept, audience-forward stories designed to move efficiently from page to screen. The throughline? An irreverent, witty perspective grounded in culture, connection, and the gray areas of modern relationships.
From romance and romcoms to elevated thrillers and spy stories, I write with buyers in mind and viewers at heart. I’m actively available for open writing assignments and creative collaborations.
To view my current portfolio, please email lisa@lisasteadman.com.
A SNAPSHOT OF LISA’S SCRIPTED PROJECTS
LAUREN OF ARABIA
A one-hour serialized TV drama
LOGLINE: To keep her closeted husband’s homosexuality a secret in late ‘70s Saudi Arabia, a mousy Midwestern Home Ec teacher reluctantly agrees to spy on her fellow expats for a mysterious businessman and discovers her agonizing invisibility makes her the perfect operative.
COMPS: It’s THE AMERICANS meets THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
WINNER, Stage 32’s 3rd Annual TV Drama Contest
TOP TEN, PAGE AWARDS TV DRAMA PILOTS 2025
SEMIFINALIST, Austin Film Festival
TINSELTOWN
A Hallmark-style romcom
LOGLINE: He came to close her down. Christmas opened them both up.
Backstory: She’s a Hollywood attorney fighting to save her firm. He’s the London exec sent to quietly shut it down by Christmas. But when a detour lands them in the storybook town of Frankenmuth, Michigan, what begins as a holiday inconvenience turns into something deeper. As snow falls and sparks fly, he starts to see the woman behind the job—and she reminds him of everything he’s forgotten to believe in. Until he realizes she’s the very person he’s about to break.
TAINTED LOVE
A short film project
LOGLINE: A blackout at a matchmaker’s dinner party short-circuits more than the lights, exposing glitchy AI companions, hidden secrets, and the comedic vulnerability of artificial vs human love.
Written, directed and executive produced by me.
COMING SOON TO A FILM FESTIVAL NEAR YOU IN 2026
THE EX FILES
A feature romcom
LOGLINE: When a jaded bestselling author and relationship influencer gets swept up in a love triangle between the ex who publicly dumped her and her new, very married boss, she risks getting canceled by her loyal, broken-hearted female audience, not to mention her best friends.
COMPS: It’s HITCH meets THE OTHER WOMAN
SECOND ROUNDER, Austin Film Festival
Conscious Uncoupling Is Bullshit & So Is My Ex
A vertical drama
LOGLINE: When America's leading relationship gurus, Dr. Chloe Vance and Leo Black “consciously uncouple”, they are forced to perform the perfect, amicable divorce on a media tour for their amicable divorce handbook—a facade that threatens to reignite the destructive passion that tore their marriage apart.