About

Elizabeth MacCarrig Dunn is a screenwriter and director born and raised at the Jersey Shore. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Film with Distinction from ArtCenter College of Design at just 19 years of age, and earned her bachelor’s in Radio, TV & Film with highest honors from Rowan University at 16.

Elizabeth’s incredibly unique life path has grown her into a standout and transformative storyteller, able to speak to the pulse of America’s youth. Having defied societal expectations all her life, she draws from these experiences in her coming-of-age narratives that often centerfold young women breaking cultural norms. Further, her dramatic, character-driven narratives take place in immersive, unseen settings and time periods, blending history and sense of place to touch on relevant subjects through a unique lens.

Her work includes Glassboro: The Beginnings, a historical short documentary that premiered at the CUT International Film Festival, and her newly released thesis short film, The Hunt, which is currently on the festival circuit. Elizabeth is also a published co-author of the children’s book MacCarrig.

A Woman in Film fellow, Elizabeth currently resides in Los Angeles, spending her free time watching period dramas or playing classical piano.