Elizabeth Stuelke, FPP CEO is an early career, over-40 female Director. She strives to make evocative work spotlighting female-driven stories of family connection, loss, and generational trauma to promote positive change in the lives of those most affected. Her first film, HER LOVER, shot in April, 2024, is a short, proof-of-concept and has won Best Cinematography at TINFF, and Best Psychological Film and Best Micro Budget Short at the Milan Indie Film festival. As well as Official Selection at RIBFF and Culver City. It premiered at the NYWIFT New Works Lab Showcase in January. While developing this project, she started her production company, Fuzzy Pancakes Productions, LLC. She has recently completed Sundance Collab programs: Visual Story Telling: Shot, Image, Camera with Peter Markham, and Directing Actors with Tessa Blake. As a writer/producer, she has participated at Stowe Story Labs, Kenyon Review, WIFV DC, and NYWIFV. She has worked with executives Steve Douglas-Craig, Grahame Wood (Maclachlan Wood), and at the Rocaberti Writers Retreat, with Chris Deckard (Fictional Entity). Elizabeth is passionate about story and compelled to spotlight important issues in creative ways.