Elise McLeod

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Elise McLeod

Elise McLeod is an Australian film and theatre director based in Paris, trained in filmmaking at the University of Paris VIII. Her short films include Fish & Chicks, Love, Lies and the Internet, and Geisha.

Known For

House of VoicesHouse of Voices · 2004
House of Voices
5.72004
MovieHorrorMystery
In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan, Judith, left behind because of her mental problems, and they become closer when Anna find that Judith also hear voices and footsteps of children.
Starry Starry NightStarry Starry Night · 2011
Starry Starry Night
6.32011
MovieDramaFantasy
May is worried about her mother and father, whose marriage is on the rocks, and she yearns to return to the woods where her grandfather lives. One day, May befriends a boy as lonely as she is. When reality catches up, they run away to a beautiful world that belongs only to them.
AliceAlice · 2020
Alice
6.02020
MovieDramaRomance
Alice, a perfect wife and mother, lives happily with her husband and child until the day she discovers he is living a double life that has ruined her financially and left her a single mother. Alice fights back and dives into a world beyond anything she has ever known.
The IdolThe Idol · 2002
The Idol
5.12002
MovieDramaRomance
An Australian actress forms a spiritual bond with an elderly Chinese chef who lives across from her in a Parisian tenement house.
Our Earthmen FriendsOur Earthmen Friends · 2007
Our Earthmen Friends
5.22007
MovieFantasyComedy
What on earth would extraterrestrials think if they could observe us? This is the movie they made.
Only the NightOnly the Night · 2005
Only the Night
4.32005
MovieThrillerDrama
A video library clerk becomes obsessed with a sleepwalking woman and takes it upon himself to save her from catastrophe.
The BoxThe Box · 2004
The Box
5.72004
MovieComedy
A guy has to move out in a day, completely unprepared, and drive his mum to the airport. Completely stressed out, he calls his friends for help. Short notice however results in all his friends making it with an agenda of their own.
Wrong WorldWrong World · 1985
Wrong World
10.01985
MovieDrama
David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him away from his dreams and into the drug scene. Disillusioned and escaping to the U.S., he meets Mary, a young heroin addict who shares his angst. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens, promising a glimmer of hope for the both of them.

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