Risa Cohen

Born and raised in New York City, Risa began her career in Entertainment as a playwright and producer in Europe, where she has lived and worked for over 35 years.
She has worked as both Executive Producer and Completion Guarantor for Video Games and films with clients such as Disney, Squaresoft, Namco, Universal Studios, Warner Bros, Moulinsart ABC Television and the German series Galileo with ProSieben.

Her gaming credits include Lucky Luke, Smurf Adventure, Loony Tunes Racing, Adventures of Tintin, Dead to Rights, Piglets BIG Game, Alias with JJ Abrams, Urban Chaos2, Rogue Trooper, Alone in the Dark5, Gothic4, SineMora, RiME, The Sexy Brutale, The Invisible Hours, a VR game, “Mission to Mars” VR experience.

Her film credits as Executive Producer/Completion Guarantor of animated films include 2018 Oscar-nominated Deep, Ozzy and The Breadwinner and 2020 Wolfwalkers with Cartoon Saloon.

She is currently working as Executive Producer for Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah with Rocket Sheep Studios in the Philippines and as a consultant for Aline Romero’s feature film “Azul’s Journey”.

Passionate about entertainment and helping the industry grow prosperously and welcomingly for new talent, Risa works as a visiting professor at the Institute Internationale Multimedia in Paris and ETIC_Algarve to continually improve and expand the Animation and Game development community.

You can follow Lisa’s work on LinkedIn.