Elizabeth Woodward

Elizabeth Woodward is the founder and CEO of WILLA, an Academy Award, Emmy, and Social Impact Media Award nominated production & distribution company supported by Sundance Institute and recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, that amplifies exceptional storytelling across genres around today’s most pressing issues. She was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30, DOC NYC 40 Under 40, Berlinale Talents, and is a Sundance Catalyst Fellow, an Impact Partners Producers Fellow, and a Film Independent Fast Track Fellow. WILLA’s recent slate includes FAIRYLAND (Sundance, Producer Sofia Coppola), Claire Denis’ THE FENCE (TIFF, NYFF, BFI), A LIEN (Academy Award nominee), THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Venice Film Festival, TIFF), LA COCINA (Berlinale, starring Rooney Mara, nominated for two Film Independent Spirit Awards), THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (TIFF, BFI London, SXSW), NO SLEEP TILL (Venice Film Festival, New Directors New Films), ANOTHER BODY (Emmy nominee, SIMA Award nominee, SXSW Special Jury Award), YOU RESEMBLE ME (Venice Film Festival, Executive Producers Spike Lee, Claire Denis, Spike Jonze, Alma Har’el, Riz Ahmed), THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR (Closing Night film Camden Film Festival, IDFA), ON THE DIVIDE (Tribeca Film Festival, POV on PBS). Other notable projects include Netflix’s THE GREAT HACK (Academy Award shortlist, Emmy nominee, BAFTA nominee, Sundance Film Festival), HBO’s hit series THE VOW: A NXIVM STORY (New York Times Best TV Shows of 2020). Her films have been supported by Sundance Institute, Impact Partners, Film Independent, Field of Vision, The Gotham, Chicken and Egg, New York Foundation for the Arts, the International Documentary Association, among others. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, BAFTA North America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations Young Professionals Group, the Documentary Producers Alliance, and the Frontline Club. Elizabeth graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Brown University and received a masters with distinction from the University of Cambridge. She speaks fluent French and proficient Italian and Spanish.