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Pizza My Heart

A Pizza Telegram Singing Delivery Specialist (PTSD Specialist) delivers comfort food with a song to a heartbroken customer who turns out to be a 12 year old girl.

  • Elizabeth V. Newman
    Director
    Child of Light, Hatched: A Tale of Great Egg-spectations
  • Christine Hoang
    Writer
  • Christine Hoang
    Producer
  • Christine Hoang
    Key Cast
    "Naomi"
  • Vanessa Hoang Hughes
    Key Cast
    "Sam"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 4, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    28,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Elizabeth V. Newman

Elizabeth V. Newman is a filmmaker and theatre director. She has directed and produced critically-acclaimed theatre and film projects in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Austin. She is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Filigree Theatre in Austin, TX. Newman graduated from Yale University with dual B.A. degrees in History of Art and Theater Studies. She earned her M.F.A. degree in Film Production at Boston University. Newman served as the Founding Co-President of Women in Film and Television: Austin. She has twice been a panelist at The Austin Film Festival and is a member of DIRECTOR’S LAB: NORTH (Toronto). A native New Yorker, she currently lives in Austin, TX with her daughter.

Selected FILM Credits:
Newman’s film directing credits include the independent feature film, Child of Light (post-production), as well as numerous short films, including her MFA Thesis Film, The Yellow Wallpaper (Finalist, Redstone Film Festival) and Hatched: A Tale of Great Egg-spectations (Premiered at New Filmmakers New York; WIFT - Toronto Short Film Showcase (Toronto) ). Her short script, Galatea’s Dream, has received the following Awards/Accolades Winner: Visionfest Screenwriting Competition (First Place, Short Screenplay 2022); Winner: LA Femme Film Festival ("Best Un-produced Screenplay”); Winner: Austin Under The Stars Festival (“Best Twist Short Screenplay”) as well as numerous additional Finalist, Semi-Finalist and Quarter-Finalist placements. Her feature script, Shattering… was included in IFP's Emerging Narrative (IFP Independent Film Week); was selected as a ‘Second Rounder’ at Austin Film Festival (2022) and as a Quarterfinalist, Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2022). Her short script, In Cold Pursuit, was a 'Second Rounder' at Austin Film Festival (2019) and selected as a Quarterfinalist for HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition (2022). A Staged Reading of Shattering… was hosted by The Yale Club of New York.

To learn more about her Film Production work and for Theatre Press & Reviews, please visit elizabethVnewman.com & FiligreeTheatre.com

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