Alisa Payne’s producing career spans over 25 years and boasts a diverse array of credits. Her most recent credits include Harlem Ice, a five-part Disney+ docuseries, and the feature film The Perfect Neighbor, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. She is the producer of the Emmy Award-nominated and Academy Award shortlisted documentary, Stamped From the Beginning, based on Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and the critically acclaimed HBO film Between the World and Me.
She is the producer of the forthcoming short film Women Count (Sundance / Times Studios), and executive producer of Freshman. Again, and The Black Table.
Her work has garnered prestigious recognition, including a Grierson Award, NAACP Image Award, Gracie Award, and an African American Film Critics Association Award, as well as several nominations, including two Emmys, a Critics’ Choice Award, and Cinema Eye Honor nominations.
In 2022, Alisa co-founded Message Pictures with filmmakers Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, to create opportunities for creatives from underrepresented communities to tell stories that matter to them.