Lisa Gooding

LISA GOODING’s got this wild track record in the film world—seriously, she’s been at it for more than 25 years, hustling through five different studios and cranking out over 45 productions, start to finish. She’s not just clocking in, either. Gooding’s been the brains behind some pretty iconic franchise spinoffs—think SCORPION KING, BRING IT ON, CHUCKY, TREMORS, DEATHRACE, WOODY WOODPECKER, AMERICAN PIE: GIRLS RULES, THE RIVER WILD, and BEETHOVEN. Yeah, that’s a wild mix: monsters, musicals, throwback comedies, the whole nine yards. But she hasn’t just stuck with the big-name franchises—she’s also rolled the dice on originals and totally made them work. With Sony, she pulled together DIVINE INFLUENCER and FINDING FAITH. She had her hands all over the Sony TV series REVELATION ROAD, plus 1440 Universal’s WISH UPON A UNICORN, and even nabbed an Emmy with R.L. Stine’s MONSTERVILLE. You don’t just trip into that kind of resume. Then, in 2021, she decided it was time to step out of the studio spotlight, start calling her own shots, and launched Good Entertainment. Dual citizen, by the way—U.S. and Canada—so she’s got options. These days, she’s making things happen from Los Angeles. If you’re wondering who’s behind some of your favorite cult classics and those new titles popping up in your feed, odds are Lisa Gooding had something to do with it.