Elizabeth Lo

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Honorary Lecturer

Elizabeth Lo is an Oscar-shortlisted and DGA-nominated director whose films have screened at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca, MoMA, and AFI Fest.

Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40,” she’s received fellowships from Locarno, NYFF, Yaddo, MacDowell, Concordia Studio, and the Gotham/HBO Documentary Initiative.

Her debut documentary, STRAY, premiered at Tribeca, won Best International Feature at Hot Docs, earned Independent Spirit Award and Cinema Eye nominations, and was released by Magnolia and Hulu.

Her second feature, MISTRESS DISPELLER, premiered at Venice and TIFF in 2024, has won over 20 awards across 80+ festivals, and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope in 2025 and will have its exclusive premiere on the prestigious Criterion Channel in 2026. Her short films are held in academic collections worldwide. Born in Hong Kong, Elizabeth holds a BFA from NYU Tisch and an MFA from Stanford.