Elizabeth Wood (director)

Not to be confused with Elizabeth Wood (housing director).

Elizabeth Wood
Portrait of Elizabeth Wood
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Gabriel Nussbaum ​ (m. 2009)​

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Wood made her narrative feature film debut with White Girl which premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016. ^{[3] [4]} FilmRise and Netflix later acquired distribution rights to the film. ^{[5] [6]} It was released on September 2, 2016. ^[7] The film is loosely based on Wood's life. ^[8] 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. ^{[9] [10]}

Personal life

Wood has been married to producer and director Gabriel Nussbaum since 2009. ^[11] The two operate the production company Bank Street Films. ^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	Wade in the Water, Children	Director, documentary
2010	Cut Throat (short)	Director, writer, producer, cinematographer
2010	Autopilot (short)	Director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2011	Loft (short)	Director, producer
2016	White Girl	Director, writer

References

1. "WADE IN THE WATER, CHILDREN". Cinema Guild . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
2. "Wade in the Water Children". Bank Street Films. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
3. "White Girl". Sundance Film Festival . Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
4. "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE COMPLETES FEATURE FILM LINEUP FOR 2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL". sundance.org. December 7, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
5. Siegel, Tatiana (February 17, 2016). "White Girl". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
6. McNary, Dave (April 11, 2016). "FilmRise Buys U.S. Rights to Morgan Saylor's 'White Girl'". Variety . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
7. Murthi, Vikram (July 12, 2016). "'White Girl' Trailer: College Girl Fights To Get Her Dealer Boyfriend Out of Jail In Sundance Drug Drama". Indiewire.com . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
8. Cox, Gordon (December 29, 2015). "10 Directors to Watch: Elizabeth Wood Takes Intense 'White Girl' to Sundance" . Retrieved October 11, 2016.
9. "Filming Nazi Germany in Troy - The Sanctuary For Independent Media" . Retrieved July 22, 2025.
10. https://www.timesunion.com/movies/article/nazi-era-film-shoot-downtown-albany-20778522.php
11. FISCHLER, MARCELLE S. (June 13, 2009). "Elizabeth Wood and Gabriel Nussbaum". The New York Times. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
12. "About". Bank Street Films. Retrieved October 11, 2016.

External links

• Elizabeth Wood at IMDb