Biografia
Elise Robertson is a versatile storyteller experienced in directing and performing across various media. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, she graduated from Northwestern University's theatre department, where she studied directing, acting, literary adaptation, and minored in fine art. She has since applied her diverse skills across multiple disciplines and media formats.
She directed the feature-length dark thriller Donner Pass, which saw wide digital distribution in 2012 and was broadcast on Showtime. In 2015, Elise was honored as a notable Woman in Horror by Horror Society.
Elise has also directed extensively in the Los Angeles theatre scene. Notable productions include her Garland Award-nominated 2008 revival of The Women and the world premiere comedy Sister Cities, which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received multiple 5-star reviews. Before relocating to LA, she worked extensively in the Bay Area, directing and executive producing the PBS series American Storytellers, which featured dramatic adaptations of well-known American short stories. This work earned her numerous awards, including a Cine-Golden Eagle for Ralph Ellison's King of the Bingo Game. She also led the PBS children's series Adventures With Kanga-Roddy, a multi-camera show with actors, puppets, and full-sized costumed characters, for which she won a Northern California Directing Emmy.
Elise began her film career as a character painter on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and later worked on scenic design for numerous features. She served as Art Department Supervisor on ABC's Bump in the Night and managed her own model and character shop, serving clients such as Will Vinton Studios, Sony, and Atari.
With over fourteen years as a working actor, Elise has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, and commercials, including American Sniper, Arrested Development, The Mentalist, Sons of Anarchy, and Six Feet Under.
Expanding into new media, Elise directed the 2014 comedy web series Nick Mom's The Wisdom of Children. She has also produced various sketch comedy videos for her YouTube channel MomMayhem, including The Sex Negotiators, The PTA Rap, The Literal Police, and the series Mommy Tell Me A Story, which won Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Actress at LA Webfest 2014.
Elise is also the mother of two wonderful daughters, Stella and Sadie. She recently authored her debut novel, The Hatching Stone, a fantasy story for middle-grade readers that won the Echo Park Novel Writing Competition in 2014.
