Lisa Hurwitz Filmmaker (The Automat)
September 28, 2022
Director and Producer of The Automat (Telluride 2021, DOC NYC 2021), Lisa Hurwitz self-distributed the film through her production turned distribution company A Slice of Pie Productions. It grossed $250k in U.S. box office, played for 5 consecutive months in NYC, and is arguably the most successful theatrically self-distributed documentary in the U.S. since before the pandemic.
