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
Woodward graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University. She also received a master's from the University of Cambridge. During this time, Woodward was the managing director of the Ivy Film Festival. This led to an interest in film, which led Woodward to produce and direct short films, feature films, television shows and impact campaigns.
Woodward co-produced The Great Hack about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal. and Persuasion Machines, a virtual reality experience which explored how household devices collect personal data on their users. Persuasion Machines was narrated by will.i.am. 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. 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. 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, which at the Tribeca Film Festival. Woodward is also producing Another Body, a documentary that will explore the world of deepfake image based abuse which was selected for the Hot Docs 2021 Selected Projects and received the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Award.
Woodward speaks English, French and Italian.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2016Prison DogsImpact Coordinator2017Armed with FaithImpact Coordinator2018A Conversation with George Condo on Francis BaconDirector2017Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StoryProduction Associate2018Vote with your ToteProducer2018AfterwardAssociate Producer2019The Great HackCo-Producer2021On The DivideProducer2021You Resemble MeProducer 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 +YearTitleRoleNotes2016Black is the New BlackProduction Assistant2017Why Trump WonProduction Assistant2020-2022The VowAssociate Producer/Field Producer
Awards, nominations and recognition
Woodward was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Media list in 2021 for her work, and in the Doc NYC 40 Under 40 list 2021. She was selected for Berlinale Talents and the Impact Partners Producers Fellowship
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.
External links
Elizabeth Woodward at Tribeca Film Institute
References