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Elizabeth Allen
Born	New York, United States
Years active	1999 - present

Elizabeth Allen is an American director. She made her feature directorial debut with Aquamarine, Fox 2000’s 2006 mermaid movie starring Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts. A graduate of USC Film School and Cornell University, Allen launched her career with the short Eyeball Eddie, starring Michael Rosenbaum, M. Emmet Walsh and Martin Starr, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001. Produced as Allen’s USC thesis film, Eyeball Eddie went on to win awards at festivals worldwide. Most recently, she directed an episode of the CW sensation Gossip Girl.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Allen is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America and the Motion Picture Editor’s Guild. She has written a number of screenplays, including an adaptation of the popular book, Stargirl; the original musical, Promdress; and Driving While Infatuated for Fox Searchlight. Additionally, she teaches directing in the graduate film school program at USC.

Allen is currently attached to adapt and direct Elinor Lipman's novel The Pursuit of Alice Thrift as well as the independent My Mother’s Boyfriend, which is being produced by the Chris and Paul Weitz's company, Depth of Field.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University.

She was awarded the Jack Nicholson Directing Scholarship while at USC.

She attended Ward Melville High School. 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] Filmography

• Ramona and Beezus, 2010^[1]
• Aquamarine, 2006
• Eyeball Eddie, 2000

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Aquamarine pictures of E. Allen
• Writersbootcamp Alumni Interview with Liz
• = University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
• Charity Work Appearances
• Elizabeth Allen (director) at the Internet Movie Database
• Aquamarine at the Internet Movie Database
• Eddie Eyeball at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Aquamarine Site