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).
Life and career
editWoodward 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
editFilm
edit| 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 |
Television
edit| 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
editWoodward 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
edit- Elizabeth Woodward at IMDb
- Elizabeth Woodward at Tribeca Film Institute
References
edit- ^ a b "Elizabeth Woodward". Forbes.
- ^ "About - Elizabeth Woodward - NYC Filmmaker".
- ^ "Juxtapoz Magazine - George Condo Takes a Walk Through "Bacon's Women"". www.juxtapoz.com.
- ^ Thompson, Anne (August 1, 2019). "'The Great Hack' Terrified Sundance Audiences, and Then the Documentary Got Even Scarier". IndieWire. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Eric (July 31, 2019). "Cambridge Analytica made "ethical mistakes" because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says". Vox. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (June 2, 2015). "Sony Hack Movie in the Works from Oscar-Nominated Team (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Ross (2 June 2015). "An Oscar-nominated documentary team is working on a film about the Sony hacks". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "The Great Hack: how the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal unfolded". The National. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Melnick, Kyle (February 4, 2020). "Terrifying VR Living Room Shows How Smart Devices Are Manipulating Us".
- ^ "persuasion-machines". www.sundance.org.
- ^ "About - Willa Productions - Bold stories by innovative filmmakers".
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (July 28, 2021). "Venice Days Unveils Lineup Including 'Madeleine Collins' With 'Benedetta' Star Virginie Efira And Many Debuts". Variety. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (July 28, 2021). "Spike Lee, Spike Jonze executive-produced 'You Resemble Me' in Venice's Giornate degli Autori". Screen International. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "On the Divide | 2021 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca.
- ^ "On The Divide". www.wmm.com.
- ^ "POV: On the Divide | American Documentary". www.amdoc.org.
- ^ "Another Body". International Documentary Association. September 24, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Selected Projects | Hot Docs". hotdocs.ca.
- ^ "IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Announces 2021 Production Grantees". International Documentary Association. October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Elizabeth Woodward | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com.
- ^ "Forbes 30 Under 30 2022: Media". Forbes.
- ^ a b "40 UNDER 40".
- ^ "Berlinale Talents - Elizabeth Woodward". Berlinale Talents.
- ^ "2021 Producers Fellows | Impact Partners Film".