Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters

In 2002, twin sisters Nancy Stern Winters and Lisa Lax became partners in Lookalike Productions, where their first collaboration was the award-winning documentary Emmanuel’s Gift. The film highlighted the courageous efforts of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah as he fought for the rights of his two million fellow disabled in Ghana, West Africa.

Further projects include three prime-time specials for PBS, a documentary film with Harpo Studios on Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls as well as the films Let It Out: The Movie, RISE, and Unmatched, a documentary film for ESPN’s “30 for 30” series, which explores the intense rivalry and remarkable friendship between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, told through their eyes only.

In conjunction with Sesame Workshop and Worldwide Pants, Lookalike Productions has completed three prime time specials for PBS - Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change, Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times, and When Families Grieve. They also produced and directed a documentary film with Harpo Studios about Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls, an innovative high school whose aim is to discover, teach and inspire young South African girls to become a new generation of leaders.

Prior to creating Lookalike Productions, Lisa and Nancy both enjoyed illustrious careers in network television. During her twelve-year tenure as Producer /Director at NBC Sports and Olympics, Lisa Lax became one of the most respected production talents in the business. In her role as head of NBC’s Olympic profiles unit, Lax supervised the production of more than 500 feature stories on the world’s best Olympians.

Nancy Stern Winter’s remarkable talents include a vast expertise in producing live events, network television specials and scripted dramas. Stern Winters was the first woman to produce the world’s most famous bicycle race, The Tour de France, and the American classic ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Displaying her versatility, Stern Winters segued into daytime television and created a new look in daytime drama as consulting producer and director for the two-time Emmy Award winning soap opera The City. She served as the co-executive producer for the primetime broadcast of the 1997 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Lisa and Nancy reside in New Jersey with their husbands and children.