Elizabeth Woodward
American film producer
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Elizabeth Woodward is an American film producer and founder of Willa. She has produced On The Divide (2021), You Resemble Me (2021), and Another Body (2023).
Elizabeth Woodward | |
|---|---|
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation | Film producer |
Life and career
Woodward graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.[1] She also received a master's from the University of Cambridge.[1] During this time, Woodward was the managing director of the Ivy Film Festival.[2] This led to an interest in film, which led Woodward to produce and direct short films,[3] feature films, television shows and impact campaigns.
Woodward co-produced The Great Hack about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.[4][5][6][7][8] and Persuasion Machines, a virtual reality experience which explored how household devices collect personal data on their users.[9] Persuasion Machines was narrated by will.i.am.[10] Both The Great Hack and Persuasion Machines premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Woodward founded Willa a film production company, to support bold stories by innovative filmmakers.[11] Through WILLA, Woodward produced You Resemble Me, a film that explores radicalization in Europe, which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in the Venice Days section.[12][13] She also produced On The Divide, a film that documents the lives of three latinx people in south Texas who find themselves in the gray area of the abortion debate,[14][15][16] which at the Tribeca Film Festival.[14] Woodward is also producing Another Body, a documentary that will explore the world of deepfake image based abuse[17] which was selected for the Hot Docs 2021 Selected Projects [18] and received the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Award.[19]
Woodward speaks English, French and Italian.[20]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Prison Dogs | Impact Coordinator | |
| 2017 | Armed with Faith | Impact Coordinator | |
| 2018 | A Conversation with George Condo on Francis Bacon | Director | |
| 2017 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | Production Associate | |
| 2018 | Vote with your Tote | Producer | |
| 2018 | Afterward | Associate Producer | |
| 2019 | The Great Hack | Co-Producer | |
| 2021 | On The Divide | Producer | |
| 2021 | You Resemble Me | Producer | |
| 2023 | Another Body | Producer | |
| 2024 | No Sleep Till | Executive Producer | |
| 2024 | The Shepherd and the Bear | Producer | |
| 2025 | The Voice of Hind Rajab | Executive Producer | |
| 2025 | The Fence | Executive Producer | |
| 2026 | My NDA | Producer | |
| 2026 | The Boy With the Light-Blue Eyes | Producer | |
| TBA | Rubber Hut | Producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Black is the New Black | Production Assistant | |
| 2017 | Why Trump Won | Production Assistant | |
| 2020-2022 | The Vow | Associate Producer/Field Producer | |
Awards, nominations and recognition
Woodward was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Media list in 2021 for her work,[21] and in the Doc NYC 40 Under 40 list 2021.[22] She was selected for Berlinale Talents[23] and the Impact Partners Producers Fellowship[24]
Her projects have been selected for various film festivals, shortlisted for Academy Awards, nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, an IDA award and won a Cinema Eye Award. Her films have been supported by Sundance Institute, Tribeca Institute, Chicken and Egg, Film Independent, Impact Partners, Field of Vision, Level Forward, Perspective Fund, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.[22]
External links
- Elizabeth Woodward at IMDb
- Elizabeth Woodward at Tribeca Film Institute