Elise Freeman
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Elise Freeman is a writer and producer working across film and immersive media, with a focus on director-led cinema rooted in psychological depth and cultural inquiry.
For over a decade, she has developed and produced projects across the United States and Europe, with distribution spanning Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and major XR platforms. Her work in extended reality has been recognized with an Oculus Launch Pad Fellowship, the 2020 Vive Wave Developer Award, an Epic MegaGrant, and a grant from the U.S. Department of Education-distinctions that reflect both technical innovation and narrative ambition.
As a producer, Freeman served as Head Producer on Young Hearts, executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, which premiered at Slamdance and the Seattle International Film Festival before streaming on HBO. Her latest feature, The Queen of Fashion, marks a deliberate move toward internationally positioned, auteur-driven cinema.
As a writer, Freeman develops psychologically driven narratives that examine power, gender, and myth within contemporary systems-often blending speculative elements with grounded emotional realism.
Freeman is co-founder of Mystic Dawn Media, a production company dedicated to ambitious, formally rigorous films designed for the international festival circuit. The company’s developing slate prioritizes bold authorship, cultural specificity, and emotional precision.
She works across international production hubs, building cinema that is intellectually grounded, emotionally exacting, and unapologetically global in scope.
For over a decade, she has developed and produced projects across the United States and Europe, with distribution spanning Netflix, HBO, Amazon, and major XR platforms. Her work in extended reality has been recognized with an Oculus Launch Pad Fellowship, the 2020 Vive Wave Developer Award, an Epic MegaGrant, and a grant from the U.S. Department of Education-distinctions that reflect both technical innovation and narrative ambition.
As a producer, Freeman served as Head Producer on Young Hearts, executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, which premiered at Slamdance and the Seattle International Film Festival before streaming on HBO. Her latest feature, The Queen of Fashion, marks a deliberate move toward internationally positioned, auteur-driven cinema.
As a writer, Freeman develops psychologically driven narratives that examine power, gender, and myth within contemporary systems-often blending speculative elements with grounded emotional realism.
Freeman is co-founder of Mystic Dawn Media, a production company dedicated to ambitious, formally rigorous films designed for the international festival circuit. The company’s developing slate prioritizes bold authorship, cultural specificity, and emotional precision.
She works across international production hubs, building cinema that is intellectually grounded, emotionally exacting, and unapologetically global in scope.
