Elizabeth Wood (director)


Elizabeth Wood is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for her feature film debut White Girl.

Film career

In 2007, Wood made her feature film debut with the documentary film Wade in the Water Children, revolving around a violent neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wood made her narrative feature film debut with White Girl which premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016. FilmRise and Netflix later acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on September 2, 2016. The film is loosely based on Wood's life. In 2025 she and her husband, Gabriel Nussbaum, were working on a film titled Triumph of the Will set in Nazi Germany being filmed in Albany, New York and Troy, New York.

Personal life

Wood has been married to producer and director Gabriel Nussbaum since 2009. The two operate the production company Bank Street Films.

Filmography

Documentary filmWade in the Water, Children
Short film
YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterDoPEditor
2010Cut Throat
2010Autopilot
2011Loft

Feature film
YearTitleDirectorWriter
2016White Girl