Elizabeth Cuthrell


Elizabeth Cuthrell is a writer, producer and co-founder of Evenstar Films, a New York City-based Production company.

Film career

Cuthrell produced The Sisterhood of Night starring Kal Penn, Laura Fraser, Kara Hayward, Georgie Henley, Willa Cuthrell and Olivia DeJonge, which premiered at The Woodstock Film Festival, and was released in 2015. Cuthrell executive produced , which opened the 2013 Busan International Film Festival, and played festivals worldwide including the London BFI Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival. Cuthrell also produced Kelly Reichardt's film Meek's Cutoff, starring Michelle Williams, which was in competition at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the Toronto, Sundance, and New York Film Festivals, and wrote and produced the award-winning film Jesus' Son, starring Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Dennis Hopper, Jack Black, and Holly Hunter. Jesus' Son was also in competition at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the Telluride, Venice, New Directors/New Films, and Toronto Film Festivals.

Theater

Cuthrell produced Farinelli and The King on Broadway. Additional theater credits include the recent world premiere of Slut, the New York premiere of Denis Johnson's Shoppers Carried by Escalators into the Flames, Roger Rees's one-man show What You Will at ACT in San Francisco, and Jonathan Cott's Walt and Emily: Between the Rooms at the Cherry Lane Theater.

Public service announcements

Cuthrell also wrote and produced a series of public service announcements called Stop the Hate for the Ad Council, which urged tolerance for Arab Americans and people of color after the attacks of 9/11. For her work on Stop the Hate, Cuthrell was awarded the Courage Award, given by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.

Education

Cuthrell attended the University of Hawaii and the University of Pennsylvania and received her MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.