In 2021, Luisa produced and co-directed the short film THE MOTHS WILL EAT THEM UP with writer and co-director Tanya Modini. Funded by Screen Queensland's RIDE Short Film Initiative, the film premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival in 2021. It was an official selection at St Kilda Film Festival 2022, earning nominations for Best Actor, Best Achievement in Sound Post-Production, and Best Original Score. The film went on to win the Dendy Award for Best Live Action Australian Short Film and the Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director at Sydney Film Festival 2022, along with a 2022 AACTA nomination for Best Short Film.

Her sophomore short, POOLS (2020), which she produced and directed alongside writer Alex Philp, follows a young woman's road trip to terminate her pregnancy with her reluctant mother. POOLS was an official selection at Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2021 and subsequently screened at Cinefest Oz 2021, Show Me Shorts 2021, Melbourne Women in Film Festival 2023, and Curiosa Shorts in Spain in 2023, where it won Best Film of the Month. Luisa is currently developing POOLS into a feature film. In 2023, she was selected by Screen Queensland to attend the Stowe Story Narrative Lab in Alabama, USA, to further its development. Her debut short film, MILK (2018), which she co-wrote, produced, and directed with Alex Philp, was an official selection at the Sydney Indie Film Festival and screened at Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival Online.

Luisa's second collaboration with Tanya Modini resulted in the 2024 short film AND THE OCEAN AGREED, which she produced alongside Stephanie Dower. This film received official selections at prestigious festivals including Indy Shorts Film Festival, Dances With Films LA, and Flickerfest, most notably earning a 2025 AACTA nomination for Best Short Film.

She was selected for the QLD edition of AFTRS Talent Camp in 2022. She recently produced the short films HALF PAST MIDNIGHT, written by Kelly Holden and directed by Daniel Bibby, and PLEASURE-SEEKING, written and directed by Michaela Holmes, both currently in post-production.