Speaker Profile

Tessa Byford-Lopez

Film & TV Producer and Founder of LIFTT Group (Latinos in Film, Theater, and TV).

Tessa Byford-Lopez is a Film & TV Producer, born in Huancayo, Peru and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the Head of Production at Prodigium Pictures and comes with more than a decade of producing digital media and film, best known for producing the 2-part docu-series “Gaming Wall St.” on HBO Max.

She’s also developed, produced, and production managed multiple feature films, commercials, documentaries, and over 100 short form projects, among them production supervising A24’s 2022 drama “The Inspection“. Tessa created the LIFTT group (Latinos in Film, Theater, and TV), to create a central place where Latinx professionals in the entertainment industry can connect and make hiring Latinx professionals easy and accessible.