Elizabeth Allen (director)
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Elizabeth Allen (sometimes referred to as Liz Allen) is an American director.
She directed the 20th Century Fox film Aquamarine, written by Jon Quaintance and Jessica Bendinger, which is based on the children’s book by best selling author, Alice Hoffman. Aquamarine stars Emma Roberts, Jojo, Sara Paxton and Arielle Kebbel.
Elizabeth Allen’s USC thesis film, Eyeball Eddie stars Michael Rosenbaum, Martin Starr and M. Emmet Walsh and premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001.
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University.
She is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Graduated from USC's School of Cinema-Television in 1999 with a Masters of Fine Arts.
She was awarded the Jack Nicholson Directing Scholarship while at USC.
She attended Ward Melville High School.
[edit] Filmography
- Aquamarine, 2006
- Eyeball Eddie, 2000
[edit] Trivia
Her father is well known Solid State Physicist, Philip B. Allen, who was awarded Germany's Humbolt Award and a Guggenheim for his work exploring Electron-phonon effects in nanosystems.
Elizabeth is a member of the Motion Pictures Editors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America.
[edit] External links
- Aquamarine pictures of E. Allen
- = Elizabeth Allen Alumni Interview with Liz
- = Charity Work Appearances
- Elizabeth Allen at the Internet Movie Database
- Aquamarine at the Internet Movie Database
- Eddie Eyeball at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Aquamarine Site
