ELIZABETH KATZ
Elizabeth Katz is a bicoastal writer, director, and theatre artist.
She grew up in competitive dance troupes (Dance Moms style), regional choirs, and theater camps, longing to escape her small Kentucky hometown. She followed her love for the stage to New York, where she received her BFA in Drama and Creative Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
She recently graduated from Chapman University with her MFA in Film Directing. Over the last few years, she has written and directed eight short films and two music videos, which often focus on themes of identity, performance, and womanhood through heightened, colorful worlds. Her thesis film, “Role Play,” an original musical short, is currently playing on the festival circuit. The film follows a triple-threat in a big Broadway audition as her obsession with pleasing others blurs the line between reality and fantasy.
Elizabeth has served as Assistant Director on ten short films and Intimacy Coordinator on two independent features and six shorts. She is also a freelance Script Analyst for various studios and production companies. While pursuing her own projects, Elizabeth currently works as a Director at Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts and a Teaching Artist with Storïwr Theatre Company, delivering arts education programming to students across Los Angeles.
