Martin Lisius is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of StormStock (1993), a collection of premium weather and climate footage he captures on film, 4K and 16K video for licensed use in TV and film productions. Lisius is responsible for photographing the first-ever violent class tornado on 35mm motion picture film (1998), the only 35mm footage of Hurricane Katrina making landfall (2005), and for creating the first production to be entirely produced on 16K video (Prairie Wind, 2018). His content is licensed by top-tier directors for use in feature films, documentaries and commercials. Clients include Warner Bros, NBC Universal, Netflix, BBC Studios, Leo Burnett and others. Lisius was a finalist for 2023 Footage Person of the Year, an award given by FOCAL International for significant innovations in the creation and preservation of footage archives. He directs and produces documentaries and promos through his production company Prairie Pictures, Inc.
The Chasers of Tornado Alley: Touching the Sky(2024)
Prairie Wind(2018)
The Chasers of Tornado Alley(1996)
Wakinyan(2016)
/toggledownfall(2018)
13 Minutes(2021)
Things Heard & Seen(2021)
The Secret: Dare to Dream(2020)
Blinded by the Light(2019)
London Fields(2018)
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey(2016)
Storm Chasing: The Anthology(2016)
Tomorrowland(2015)
Into the Storm(2014)
Lucy(2014)
The Oprah Winfrey Show(1986)as Self
