Elizabeth Hemmerdinger

Elizabeth Hemmerdinger is an award-winning documentary film producer, playwright, and screenwriter. She is the producer of the feature documentaries Perfectly Normal for Me (Winner, 2020 Christopher Award); Capturing The Flag; and Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (named one of the five essential documentaries of 2013 by the Tribeca Film Institute); as well as the critically acclaimed animated documentary short The Girl with the Rivet Gun. She is also associate producer on The Homestretch (Winner, 2015 Emmy Award), and executive producer of Lost and Sound. Her films have broadcast on PBS and screened at MoMA, Walker Cinema at Walker Art Center, Lincoln Center, Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, Tribeca Film Festival, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, SXSW, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Black Maria Film Festival, and many more. Hemmerdinger was visiting artist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and worked in collaboration with Bobst Library at New York University (NYU) to create the video archive The Real Rosie the Riveter Project. She has spoken about her documentary film work at NYU (Tamiment Library, Villa La Pietra and Skirball Center with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II), Hunter College, Vassar College, the Naval War College, and the American Museum of Natural History. Her original plays and musicals have received productions, workshops, and residencies at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Kennedy Center, Museum of Jewish Heritage, The Provincetown Theater, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Tiffany Theater, The University of Texas at Austin, New York Stage and Film, The Lark, and Pulse Ensemble Theatre, among others. Her most recent project is the libretto for a musical based on We Can Do It! with lyrics by Anton Dudley and music by Robert Cioffi. Her published plays Squall, Road Rage, and Pissed Sister are available through Playscripts, Inc. Hemmerdinger also wrote and produced the narrative short film, Good Sister, starring Jessica Hecht and Grant Shaud. She was the first recipient of the Hunter College Elementary School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Hemmerdinger is a board member of the Hunter College Foundation. She joined the PEN America Board in 2015.