Elizabeth Tobias creates films as acts of transformation, using storytelling to explore themes of belonging, resilience, and healing. Her work harnesses the power of image, narrative, and performance to ignite personal and collective change.
Publicist
Shoebox PR Los Angeles
Elizabeth Tobias is a filmmaker and creative risk-taker who uses cinematic storytelling to explore healing, connection, and social change. Working at the intersection of art and mental health, she creates films and immersive experiences that foster belonging, reflection, and resilience.
Shaped by her own journey through trauma and loss, she found in Expressive Arts a language for what once had no words, now crafting films that awaken empathy and transform personal stories into collective meaning.
She produces films, curates experiences, and speaks on platforms such as TEDx, with a mission to help people feel seen, supported, and connected and to show how storytelling opens the door to healing and possibility.
Semi-Finalist
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
Madrid Film Awards
Madrid
2021
Official Selection
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
Compassion Film Festival
Carbondale, CO
2020
Official Selection
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
Rome Prisma Awards
Rome
2020
Official Selection
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
We Choose Art, A Feminist Perspective
Los Angeles, CA
2019
Official Selection
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
In(Justice) For All FIlm Festival
Chicago, IL
2019
Winner Special Recognition Award
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
Impact Doc Awards
San Diego, CA
2019
Best New Director
Survivor! 98 Second Stories
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes
Cannes
2019
College
American University of Paris
French Studies, BA
19861989
College
The University of Santa Monica
Psychology, MA
20032005
College
The Expressive Arts Institute
Expressive Arts Therapy, Certification
20152018
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom,” Viktor Frankel
Elizabeth Tobias creates films as acts of transformation, using storytelling to explore themes of belonging, resilience, and healing. Her work harnesses the power of image, narrative, and performance to ignite personal and collective change.
Publicist
Shoebox PR Los Angeles
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