Kristen Lappas is an award-winning director and producer with Words + Pictures. Lappas has twice won Emmys for her short sports documentaries (Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible and A Mountain to Climb) and has also had her work featured at the Tribeca Film Festival, and honored by AFI Docs, the NAMIC Vision Awards, Critics Choice Awards, and more. Lappas’ 30 for 30 multi-part documentary titled Dream On (2022) was nominated for an IDA Award and Lappas won in the “Best Non-Fiction Show Director” category at the Women’s Image Awards for the series. In 2024, it was named one of the 25 best sports documentaries of all time by Vogue. Lappas’ additional directing credits include the Amazon Documentary Giannis: The Marvelous Journey (2024) and the ESPN docuseries Full Court Press (2024). She has also produced multiple installments of the 30 for 30 series during her time with ESPN Films. Kristen is a graduate of Boston College and resides in Westport, CT.