Eliza McNitt
Eliza McNitt
Writer / Director / Film + VR
Eliza McNitt found filmmaking through science. A top winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her research on Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, Eliza’s first film was inspired by a desire to communicate the devastating impact of vanishing honeybees. Her documentary Requiem for the Honeybee was broadcast internationally on C-Span. Her unique voice as a director fusing science with narrative storytelling has been commissioned by brands including Google, Global Dialogues, TED, Panasonic, and Mattel. She is the recipient of over 50 film-festival nominations and prizes – including eight Best Film and Best Director awards. She is currently a resident with National Sawdust at NEW INC.
I found film through science... there was a moment when I was in a bee suit holding my little HD camera in a swarm of bees when I realized I was fascinated by this. Not the sweaty suit, but the process of making a film. There was a real adventure involved in the creation of a film and the stories you discovered along the way.
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Other Works
ARTEMIS FALLS
Commanding the world’s most ambitious space launch to date, Aiden Collins has eight-and-a-half minutes to successfully maneuver the shuttle Artemis into orbit on mankind’s first ever solo mission to Mars. Commissioned by TED.
WITHOUT FIRE
A young Navajo girl must find a way to heat her home in order to save her asthma-stricken mother from a bitter winter storm. Filmed on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.