Our films are our purpose. Our subjects are our passion.

When Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters, identical-twin, three-sport, All-American, athletes at Tufts University, dreamed of professional careers in sports — it became a reality at rival networks.


While Nancy produced ABC’s Wide World of Sports, College Football, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and the Tour de France — Lisa ran NBC’s Olympic Film Unit for the Atlanta, Sydney, and Salt Lake City Games, and produced NFL games, the WNBA’s inaugural season, and the Ironman Triathlon. After building illustrious careers at their competing networks, they fulfilled a life-long desire of working together in 2002 when they created Lookalike Productions. Their mission: to tell stories that not only entertain audiences, but inspire social change. 


Their first film, Emmanuel’s Gift, centered on a disabled cyclist in Ghana who, through the film’s exposure, affected legislative change that would open unprecedented doors of opportunity — and equality — and even save the lives of countless disabled Ghanians.


Asked to direct a piece for the original season of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, their film, Unmatched, focused on the unlikely friendship of Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. The ’96 Effect, a 3-part series for Peacock, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Atlanta Olympic Games and the extraordinary U.S. women’s teams, the first women born under Title IX whose impact ripples through every generation to follow. 


When the George H.W. Bush Library Foundation wanted to secure the legacy of the 41st President, they turned to Lookalike to produce and direct 41ON41, the story of the 41st president told by 41 eyewitnesses. 


And when the first class of women graduated from the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa, Ms. Winfrey called upon Lisa & Nancy to spend a year documenting - and celebrating their journey. 


Lookalike also produces the annual bio films for the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors on CBS, having created profiles for such icons as Cher, Norman Lear, Al Pacino, Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, James Taylor, and many more. 


These twin filmmakers, Lisa and Nancy, along with their adopted triplet, producer-editor Amanda Postel, believe in storytelling, creativity, discovery — and in one another. Together they have garnered an Olympic Golden Ring Award for Best Equality and Inclusion Content presented by the IOC in 2021, 16 Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and multiple CASE, Christopher, Cine Golden Eagle, Davey, Gracie, International Monitor, Telly and Sabre Awards. And they’re just getting started.


Imagine that.



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