Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer whose films have premiered at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, MoMA, CPH:DOX, True/False, and New York Times Op-Docs. Lo has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40,” and Cannes Lions’ “New Directors Showcase.” She is a recipient of artist fellowships from Locarno, New York Film Festival, Yaddo, and MacDowell, and was selected for the Concordia Studio Fellowship and Gotham/HBO Documentary Development Initiative.
Lo is the Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Co-Editor of Mistress Dispeller. Her debut feature, Stray, won Best International Feature at Hot Docs and received nominations from the Independent Spirit Awards, Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards, and Cinema Eye Honors after premiering at Tribeca in 2020. A New York Times “Critic’s Pick,” Stray was released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures and is now streaming on Hulu. Her short films, including Hotel 22, Bisonhead, and Mother’s Day, have been acquired by colleges and libraries worldwide.
Lo holds a B.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and an M.F.A. from Stanford University. She was born and raised in Hong Kong and is a citizen of both Hong Kong and the U.S.
