Elizabeth Yoffe is an independent media producer and the producing partner of award-winning filmmaker

Tony Zierra Tony Zierra is an American director and producer. He is best known for the documentaries: '' My Big Break'' (2009), in which he also appeared, and '' Filmworker'' (2017). From an early age Zierra's goal was to become a filmmaker. He attended f ...

. Yoffe is the producer of the acclaimed documentary '' Filmworker'' about

Leon Vitali Alfred Leon Vitali (26 July 1948 – 19 August 2022) was an English actor best known for his collaborations with film director Stanley Kubrick, as his personal assistant, and most notably as Lord Bullingdon in '' Barry Lyndon''. Life and care ...

who was the assistant to director

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. Filmworker premiered as an official selection at the 2017

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and also was an official selection at many domestic and international film festivals such as

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, the

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, CPH:DOX,

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and many others. The film has received a 95% rating on

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. Yoffe produced the award-winning documentary ''

My Big Break ''My Big Break'' is a 2009 documentary film directed by Tony Zierra starring Wes Bentley, Brad Rowe, Chad Lindberg, Greg Fawcett and Zierra himself. The film was produced by MBB Group, Elizabeth Yoffe and Zierra. It mostly consists of footage ...

'', directed by Tony Zierra, a cautionary tale about the darker side of celebrity and the consequences of fame that has received consistently strong reviews and has been repeatedly praised for its unusually candid look at the effects of success on young rising stars in Hollywood. ''My Big Break'' won Best Documentary at the

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, Best Documentary at Artsfest, Pennsylvania, was nominated for Best Documentary at the

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in London and was an Official Selection of The American Cinematic Experience Festival. Yoffe also produced ''USA The Movie'', a film that merges reality and fiction to explore the cyclical nature of violence and retaliation in the wake of the

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. The film was the subject of an in-depth analysis by academic and commentator Dion Dennis. She co-produced ''Carving Out Our Name'', an Official Selection at

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. She also produced the award-winning

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favorite ''Brightness'' starring

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and

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. Yoffe is a producer on the 2024 documentary SK13: Kubrick's Endgame directed by Tony Zierra. Yoffe received a B.A. in Theater Arts from

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and an M.A. in Education from

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, Seattle. She worked as a regional casting director for many film and television projects including ''Waiting For The Light'' directed by

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starring

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, ''Dogfight'' directed by

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starring

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and

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’s classic series, ''

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''. In Los Angeles she served as president of Cinewomen L.A.,a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the role of women in film. Her writing has appeared in various magazines and newspapers including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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Filmworker

My Big Break
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