Australian Filmmaker
If Christopher Nolan & Sofia Coppola had a filmmaking love child and asked Jane Campion & Kenneth Branagh to be the Godparents …
Elise is an award-winning actor, writer, director and producer.
She classically trained as an actor at LAMDA before graduating from the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech & Drama with a Master of Arts. For two decades she has worked across theatre and film in Australia, Japan and the UK.
Her script for the screen adaptation of her stage play THE AUSTRALIAN GIRL was nominated for the Australian Writer's Guild Monte Miller Award, was named a Semi-Finalist at Austin Film Festival, placed Top 3 at Raindance and won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Short Screenplay at Female Voices Rock.
www.eliselamb.com
NOMINATED - Best Made In Logan
The Wilted Rose
Underdog Film Fest
Logan
2024
Long-listed
The Wilted Rose
The British Short Film Awards
London
2023
WINNER - Best Brisbane Short Film
The Wilted Rose
Brisbane International Film Festival
Brisbane
2023
Semi-Finalist
The Australian Girl
Austin Film Festival
Texas, USA
2022
Quarter-Finalist
The Australian Girl
Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles
2022
Official Selection
Skin & Blister
Melbourne Women In Film Festival
Melbourne
2022
Official Selection
Op Shop
Queer Film Festival Esslingen
2022
WINNER - Best Director
Method in Madness
Paris International Film Awards
Paris
2021
WINNER - Best Cinematography
Method in Madness
Paris International Film Awards
Paris
2021
Official Selection
Method in Madness
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
NOMINATED - Best QLD Film
Skin & Blister
WIFT (Women In Film & Television) V-FEST
Brisbane
2021
Official Selection
Skin & Blister
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
Official Selection
Op Shop
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
Los Angeles
2021
Quarter-Finalist
The Australian Girl
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles
2021
Quarter-Finalist
Rocking Out
Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition
London, UK
2021
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize
The Australian Girl
Female Voices Rock Film Festival
New York, USA
2021
WINNER - Best Short Screenplay
The Australian Girl
Female Voices Rock Film Festival
New York, USA
2021
RUNNER-UP - Best Unproduced Short Screenplay
The Australian Girl
Raindance Film Festival Script Competition
London, UK
2021
Quarter-Finalist
The Australian Girl
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition
Nashville
2021
Semi-Finalist
The Australian Girl
Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition
London, UK
2021
Honorable Mention
The Australian Girl
BOLT Screenplay Competition
Los Angeles
2021
Semi-Finalist
Method in Madness
Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles
2020
Official Selection
Method in Madness
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival
Sydney
2020
Official Selection
Skin & Blister
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival
Sydney
2020
Semi-Finalist
Don't Make Her Angry
HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition
Los Angeles, USA
2020
Official Selection
Op Shop
PRIDE Queer Film Festival
Perth
2020
Official Selection
Op Shop
Bendigo Queer Film Festival
Bendigo
2020
Official Selection
Op Shop
ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival
Shanghai
2020
Official Selection
Op Shop
Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival
Sydney
2020
Official Selection
Op Shop
Lift-Off Global Network Sessions
London
2019
Official Selection
Method in Madness
Lift-Off Global Network First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
London
2019
Official Selection
Caged
Miniature Film Festival
Vancouver
2019
Official Selection
Caged
Mister Vorky International One Minute Film Festival
Ruma
2019
Monte Miller Award (Nominated)
The Australian Girl
AWGIE - Australian Writers' Guild
Sydney, Australia
CONTENDER - Best Short Film
The Wilted Rose
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award (AACTA)
Finalist
Method in Madness
Shakespeare Shorts
Stratford-upon-Avon
College
Griffith Film School
Screen Production
2019
College
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Master of Arts
20152016
College
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Diploma
2013
Australian Filmmaker
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