Elise Ballard is an actress, an independent filmmaker and film producer. She started

her career in entertainment working as an actress in New York, Austin and Los Angeles.

Her work as a producer began in Los Angeles as a partner in a production company that

produced films distributed by Lionsgate and Monarch Entertainment.



Her critically acclaimed directorial debut, Lord of the Wiens: A Dachumentary, a movie

about the annual Wiener Dog Races in Buda, TX became a cult hit, receiving considerable

national press coverage, playing film festival circuits and PBS. Since then she has

created, directed and produced numerous projects including BackStage: Behind the

Scenes segments for Time Warner cable’s Publik Music channel; FitPack, a series of short

exercise regimens and viral ads by NYC celebrity trainer Joel Harper, and the YOU DVDs

accompanying the YOU book series by world-renowned, bestselling authors, Drs. Mehmet

Oz and Michael Roizen.



She is currently in development on several projects, including the web, film and book

project for Epiphany. Elise lives in Los Angeles and is actively seeking new epiphanies.