Award winning filmmaker with a passion for exploring the unconventional.
Elliot Riseman is an aspiring documentary filmmaker with a passion for telling meaningful, surprising, and community based stories. From work highlighting the inner lives of collegiate level mime artists to deep dives into mascots and local history, Elliot hopes to give a voice to the strange yet inspiring things happening around him. Elliot is currently an undergraduate student at Tufts University, and when not making his own films he can be found painting, reading, writing for the Tufts Institute sketch comedy group, and directing mime skits.
Best Picture
Shh! The Secret Lives of Collegiate Mimes
Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival
Arlington
2025
Best Editing
Shh! The Secret Lives of Collegiate Mimes
EB Indie Film Festival
East Brunswick
2025
Official Selection and Nominee
Open Mic Night
YOUKI International Youth Media Film Festival
Viena
2025
Best HigBest High School Documentary under 10 minutes.
Behind the Bulldog
Cayuga Film Festival
Cayuga
2024
Best Direction Nominee & Best Documentary Nominee
Behind the Bulldog
All American High School Film Festival
New York City
2024
Best Documentary
Behind the Bulldog
The Gaia Zine's Uniquely Youth Film Festival
Rye
2024
Best Editing
Behind the Bulldog
EB Indie Film Festival
East Brunswick
2024
Emerging Filmmaker Finalist
Open Mic Night
GlobeDocs International Film Festival (Boston Globe)
Boston
College
Tufts University
High School
Irvington High School
20202024
Award winning filmmaker with a passion for exploring the unconventional.
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