Directing
Elizabeth Lo
Place of birth
Hong Kong
Known for
Directing
Credits
20 titles
Elizabeth is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer whose documentary films have screened at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, MoMA, True/False, New York Times Op-Docs, Field of Vision and PBS' POV. Elizabeth has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film," DOC NYC's "40 Under 40," and Cannes Lions' "New Directors Showcase." She is a recipient of artist fellowships from Locarno, New York Film Festival, Yaddo and MacDowell, and was selected for the Concordia Studio Fellowship in 2020 and Gotham/HBO Documentary Development Initiative in 2024.
Known for
7.1Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2025
6.2Experience the bustle of Istanbul street life through the eyes of three stray dogs – Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal.
Stray
2021
NRStray dogs in the ancient city of Kars roam free, fight and occasionally join in the call to prayer of humans.
Stray in Kars
2022
A professional “mistress dispeller” works with a married couple struggling with infidelity in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2021
6.5Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless in one of the richest parts of the world.
Hotel 22
2014
NRA meditative, observational portrait of Hansen Dam Aquatic center – a public park with its own swimming pool.
Public Pool
2025
Behind the camera
7.1Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2025
7.1Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2025
7.1Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2025
6.2Experience the bustle of Istanbul street life through the eyes of three stray dogs – Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal.
Stray
2021
6.2Experience the bustle of Istanbul street life through the eyes of three stray dogs – Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal.
Stray
2021
NRStray dogs in the ancient city of Kars roam free, fight and occasionally join in the call to prayer of humans.
Stray in Kars
2022
NRStray dogs in the ancient city of Kars roam free, fight and occasionally join in the call to prayer of humans.
Stray in Kars
2022
A professional “mistress dispeller” works with a married couple struggling with infidelity in contemporary China.
Mistress Dispeller
2021
6.5Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless in one of the richest parts of the world.
Hotel 22
2014
6.5Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 transforms from a public city bus into an unofficial shelter for the homeless in one of the richest parts of the world.
Hotel 22
2014
NRA meditative, observational portrait of Hansen Dam Aquatic center – a public park with its own swimming pool.
Public Pool
2025
A quietly devastating look at a family of Ponderai Native Americans as they travel to Yellowstone to preserve their treaty hunting rights.
Bisonhead
2016
NRAt a wildlife rehabilitation center in the Pacific Northwest, the steady, practiced, and gentle hands of veterinarians nurse dozens of convalescing animals back to health.
American Wildlife
2021
Fantasy and realism collide in this exploration of how children living on a former naval base have created fantastical stories around the real threat of radiation buried beneath their homes.
Treasure Island
2015
NRA working-class mobile home park in Silicon Valley faces imminent closure. Notes From Buena Vista glimpses into the lives of low-income families in one of the wealthiest places in the world.
Notes from Buena Vista
2017
NRA working-class mobile home park in Silicon Valley faces imminent closure. Notes From Buena Vista glimpses into the lives of low-income families in one of the wealthiest places in the world.
Notes from Buena Vista
2017
NRPrecious Sarria and her family experienced housing insecurity for over two years. After transitioning into housing, they documented their lives to raise awareness for the rising homelessness in regions surrounding Silicon Valley.
About a Home
2021
10.0Stephen Bassett, the only American lobbyist of his kind, hopes for a seismic shift with the 2016 US Presidential Elections. Bassett is on a mission to end the "truth embargo."
The Disclosure President
2016
NRThe impact of mass incarceration is explored through an annual charity trip that takes children to visit their imprisoned mothers.
Mother's Day
2017
NRAn elderly couple who runs a hospice for dying animals questions the ethics of pet euthanasia. Old animals that would have normally been put down are given a chance to live out the rest of their lives - but they must also endure the trials of aging. Through the struggles of a blind shepherding dog, and a wheelchair-bound Chihuahua, difficult questions come to the fore: were these elderly, disabled animals meant to live? At the brink of death, there are no easy answers.
Last Stop in Santa Rosa
2014
