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Elizabeth Yoder, Director

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Director's Reel

GENRE: Drama

ROLES: Director, Producer, Editor

SYNOPSIS: Highlights from the best examples of my theatrical, narrative, and dramatic films.

Surprise

GENRE: Horror | Fantasy

SYNOPSIS: Frustrated lovers duel to outwit each other but face life-or-death consequences triggered by suppressed fantasies and unexpressed desires.

ROLES: Director, Writer, and Editor.

ABOUT: Shot during the pandemic, a group of creatives got together to film Surprise one night a week over the course of six months when not dodging the virus, a cyclist crew member needing to recover from a broken collar bone, and our lead actor pulling his shoulders out of the socket in a wrestling match. Our commitment to a completed film has paid off. Surprise is currently well-recognized by the international film festival market.

Sanvean

GENRE: Drama

SYNOPSIS: A woman dealing with tremendous loss and her journey to acceptance and redemption.

ROLES: Director, Lead Female Actor, Screenplay Adaptation, and Editor.

AWARDS: 14 wins and 16 nominations

✩ Excellence in Directing, Idyllwild Festival of Cinema, 2019

✩ Best Director, Playhouse West Philadelphia, 2017

✩ Best Screenplay, ShowLow International Film Festival, 2018

✩ Best Narrative Film, NYLA International Film Festival, 2018

✩ Best Short Film, ShowLow International Film Festival, 2018

✩ HollyShorts Award, DigiFest Hollywood 2017

✩ Best Short Audience Choice, Philadelphia Film Festival 2017

✩ Best Short Film, PW Philadelphia Film Festival 2017

✩ Best Actress, Idyllwild Festival of Cinema, 2019

✩ Best Actress, ShowLow International Film Festival, 2018

✩ Best Actress, Laughlin International Film Festival, 2017

✩ Best Actress Audience Choice, Playhouse West Hollywood 2017

✩ Best Actress Audience Choice, Philadelphia Film Festival 2017

And actor Wolfgang Bodison, known for A Few Good Men, won the

✩ Best Actor Audience Choice, Playhouse West Hollywood 2017

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The Long Wait

GENRE: Drama

SYNOPSIS: After over twenty years of silence, a desperate woman seeks revenge against the man who ruined her life.

ROLES: Executive Producer, Lead Female Actor, and Story By in collaboration with Director, Writer, and Actor, Wolfgang Bodison, known for A Few Good Men.

AWARDS: 6 wins, 7 nominations

✩ Storytelling Achievement, Laughlin International Film Festival, 2014

✩ Best Short Film, Beaufort International 2014

✩ Best Actor, Beaufort International, 2014

✩ Best Short Platinum Remi Award, Houston International Festival 2014

✩ Best Actress, New Jersey Short Film Festival 2014

IMDb

Ansiedad

GENRE: Music Video

SYNOPSIS: A single mother of two sons battles her darkest anxieties and finds pure love rescues her.

ROLES: Director, visual story writer, and editor for this daring music video approached from a narrative film perspective for the International singer, songwriter, Annette Moreno produced in association with Elevating Hope. 

Lillies

GENRE: Drama

SYNOPSIS: A disinherited daughter seeks to resolve her most private grief from the harsh abandonment by her father at his funeral.

ROLES: Director, editor, and script adaptation for Lillies, produced in association with Play Four Films, Los Angeles.

Art Imitates

GENRE: Dystopian

SYNOPSIS: A young thespian, Cleo, is discovered while rehearsing classical Shakespeare. She realizes too late that trading her passion for fame and fortune clashes with the desires of her heart and that breaking corporate rules may well rob her of her humanity.

ROLES: Director, editor, and costar. Premiered in North Hollywood. Produced in association with Play Four Films, Los Angeles.

Das Kasting

GENRE: Dark Comedy

SYNOPSIS: Two casting directors from Dusseldorf hold auditions in Hollywood looking for anyone who can cry cue.

ROLES: Director, Editor, and Cameo Appearance for Das Kasting, produced in association with Play Four Films, Los Angeles.

The Showdown

GENRE: Silent Film | Comedy

SYNOPSIS: An illegal poker game turns ugly as the stakes are raised to reveal an unexpected twist.

ROLES: Director, Co-Star and Writer for The Showdown which was produced in association with Play Four Films, Los Angeles.

Play Four Films

Founding Partner of Play Four Films, a group of independent filmmakers working in the US and UK. Curator of creative content during productions for social media channels.

Director's Reel

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Surprise

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Sanvean

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The Long Wait

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Ansiedad

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Lillies

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Art Imitates

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Das Kasting

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The Showdown

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Play Four Films

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