Alisi Styles is an Emmy®-nominated producer/director, multidisciplinary artist, and creative strategist who helps organizations, institutions, and communities shape powerful narratives that bring people, places, and ideas to life.

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Drawing on a career spanning the performing arts, documentary filmmaking, executive consulting, and large-scale public storytelling, Alisi specializes in story-led strategy, launch activations, and place-based visioning. Her work has supported CEOs, executive directors, university leadership, government agencies, and major philanthropic organizations.

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Alisi’s practice is shaped by her identity and worldview as an Indigenous Fijian woman, for whom storytelling is an embodied cultural tradition rooted in relationship, collective memory, and responsibility to community and place. Raised within an intercommunal village culture, she brings a deep understanding of how narrative can engage stakeholders, honor cultural context, and inspire shared futures.

 

She applies this perspective to projects and initiatives, transforming underutilized spaces and emerging ideas into meaningful public experiences that drive engagement, visibility, and lasting value.

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After a 15-year career in the United States, Alisi has returned to Australia, where she is developing a slate of independent projects while advising cultural organizations, businesses, property developers, and civic leaders on strategic storytelling, destination activation, and community-centered visioning.

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Selected Achievements:

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• Emmy®-Nomination –– Earned an ®Emmy nomination for her debut production & documentary series, which highlighted the arts, culture, and history of a Northern Minnesota county, driving visibility and stimulating the local economic and tourism sectors.

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• 75th Anniversary Legacy Film & Leadership Award –– Directed Minnesota’s largest rural and regional private foundation’s 75th anniversary legacy film, celebrating its $450 million endowment, community impact, and future vision. Alisi and her team were honored the same year with the foundation’s Leadership and Legacy Award for their impactful contributions to the region.

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• Strategic Storytelling for Capital Initiatives –– Produced and directed a short film presented to state legislators, securing millions in state funding for the expansion and refurbishment of a major performing arts center and its educational programs, translating creative vision into measurable community, cultural, and economic impact.

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• Government & Civic Narrative Strategy –– Developed narrative strategies for complex public projects, including a multimillion-dollar biophysical initiative, fostering community understanding and support, aligning stakeholders, and informing policy and investment decisions.

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For consulting opportunities and collaborations, please contact Alisi below.