June 23, 2011

Elise Ballard is an actress, an independent filmmaker and film producer. She started her career in entertainment working as an actress in New York, Austin and Los Angeles. Her work as a producer began in Los Angeles as a partner in a production company that produced films distributed by Lionsgate and Monarch Entertainment. Her critically acclaimed directorial debut, Lord of the Wiens: A Dachumentary, a movie about the annual Wiener Dog Races in Buda, TX became a cult hit, receiving considerable national press coverage, playing film festival circuits and PBS. Since then she has created, directed and produced numerous projects including BackStage: Behind the Scenes segments for Time Warner cable’s Publik Music channel; FitPack, a series of short exercise regimens and viral ads by NYC celebrity trainer Joel Harper, and the YOU DVDs accompanying the YOU book series by world-renowned, bestselling authors, Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen. She is currently in development on several projects, including the web, film and book project for Epiphany. Elise lives in Los Angeles and is actively seeking new epiphanies.