Lisa Bruce

Lisa Bruce is an American film producer known for the 2014 film The Theory of Everything.

Early life and education Bruce was born in Monterey, California, to Mary Ann and George W. Bruce. She is one of five children.

Bruce attended Coronado High School, where she began creating short films and was elected senior class president.

Career Bruce began working as a film producer in 1992, when she and Robert Nickson—Bruce's NYU professor and mentor—founded the production company Orenda Films and produced Pen Pals. The Theory of Everything was widely praised and received nominations for four Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and ten British Academy Film Awards.