Elizabeth Wood
Elizabeth Wood is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for her feature film debut White Girl.
Elizabeth Wood
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Elizabeth Wood is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for her feature film debut White Girl.
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Key facts
• Name — Elizabeth Wood • Years Active — 2007–present
Film career
Film career
In 2007, Wood made her feature film debut with the documentary film Wade in the Water Children, revolving around a violent neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wood made her narrative feature film debut with White Girl which premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016. FilmRise and Netflix later acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on September 2, 2016. The film is loosely based on Wood's life. In 2025 she and her husband, Gabriel Nussbaum, were working on a film titled Triumph of the Will set in Nazi Germany being filmed in Albany, New York and Troy, New York.
Personal life
Personal life
Wood has been married to producer and director Gabriel Nussbaum since 2009. The two operate the production company Bank Street Films.
Filmography
Filmography
Documentary film • Wade in the Water, Children (2007) Short film • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Writer — DoP — Editor • 2010 — Cut Throat • Autopilot • 2011 — Loft Feature film • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Writer • 2016 — White Girl • TBA — Triumph of the Will
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- 1.WADE IN THE WATER, CHILDREN. Cinema Guild.
- 2.Wade in the Water Children. Bank Street Films.
- 3.White Girl. Sundance Film Festival.
- 4.sundance.org. SUNDANCE INSTITUTE COMPLETES FEATURE FILM LINEUP FOR 2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. December 7, 2015.
- 5.Siegel, Tatiana. White Girl. The Hollywood Reporter. February 17, 2016.
- 6.McNary, Dave. FilmRise Buys U.S. Rights to Morgan Saylor's 'White Girl'. Variety. April 11, 2016.
- 7.Murthi, Vikram. 'White Girl' Trailer: College Girl Fights To Get Her Dealer Boyfriend Out of Jail In Sundance Drug Drama. Indiewire.com. July 12, 2016.
- 8.Cox, Gordon. 10 Directors to Watch: Elizabeth Wood Takes Intense 'White Girl' to Sundance. December 29, 2015.
- 9.Filming Nazi Germany in Troy - The Sanctuary For Independent Media.
- 10.Kiessling, Katherine. Nazi-era film to shoot in downtown Albany.
- 11.FISCHLER, MARCELLE S. Elizabeth Wood and Gabriel Nussbaum. The New York Times. June 13, 2009.
- 12.About. Bank Street Films.
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