Elise Salomon
- Producer
- Actress
- Director
Elise Salomon's first feature (Producer), Paper Heart, stars Charlyne
Yi, Michael Cera and Jake M. Johnson. Paper Heart premiered at the 2009
Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and won the
prestigious Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. The film received a
theatrical release with Overture Films 2009. Her second feature
(Co-Producer), Smashed, stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick
Offerman, Megan Mullally, Octavia Spencer, Kyle Gallner and Mary Kay
Place. Smashed premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S.
Dramatic Competition and was awarded the Special Jury Prize for
producing. The film was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics
2012. Elise's directorial debut, Los Wild Ones, is a documentary on the
record label, Wild Records. Los Wild Ones was one of eight films
selected to premiere in Competition at SXSW 2013. The film was awarded
Best Feature Documentary 2013 Phoenix Film Festival, Best Feature 2013
Reel Indie Film Festival, Official Selection, IDFA 2013 and Best
Documentary and Audience Award, JDIFF 2014. Gravitas Ventures picked up the rights for both a domestic and international release in 2016. The film is available on many platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Walmart and Youtube.