Lisa Taouma is a Samoan New Zealand writer, film and television director, and producer.  

Taouma began writing for the screen in 1996, for Tala Pasifika, specifically the episodes Brown Sugar and Talk of the Town.] She began working on Tagata Pasifika as a reporter and senior director.

In 2014 she launched Polynesian online community Coconet.and produces a number of programmes for television including the popular 'Fresh TV' for TVNZ. 

In 2018 she made the award winning documentary 'Marks of Mana' winning best documentary at the ImagineNative festival in Toronto 2018, Best Cinematography at DocEdge Festival in Aotearoa 2019.  And this year Lisa Taouma can add the Best Pasifika Programme which Marks of Mana won at the New Zealand TV Awards held in Auckland earlier this week.