Elise is currently developing a slate of Film, TV and Theatre projects with her production company THE ROARING ONES.
SHORT FILM
THE AUSTRALIAN GIRL
Historical, Female-led, War, Drama | PROOF OF CONCEPT / SHORT FILM
An Australian woman sent to report the war in 1914 struggles to gain journalistic respect and in an attempt to prove herself ends up in no mans land where she uncovers a story only she can tell, a woman's experience in the Great War.
An award-winning Screenplay based on the stage play by Elise Lamb.
Written by Elise Lamb
COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Nominated MONTE MILLER AWARD Australian Writers' Guild (2022)
Winner GRAND JURY PRIZE Female Voices Rock Film Festival, NYC (2021)
Winner BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY Female Voices Rock Film Festival, NYC (2021),
Runner-Up BEST UNPRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAY Raindance (2021) - Oscar-qualifying Festival
Semi-Finalist The Script Lab Screenplay Contest (2023)
Semi-Finalist Austin Film Festival Script Competition (2022) - Oscar-qualifying Festival
Semi-Finalist Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition (2021)
Quarter-Finalist Screencraft Short Film Screenplay Competition (2022)
Quarter-Finalist Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2021) - Oscar-qualifying Festival
Quarter-Finalist Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (2021)
Ranked #1 on the Coverfly RED LIST (2022, 2023)
DEEDS, NOT WORDS
Historical, Comedy, Drama, Social Impact | SHORT FILM
From her cell in Holloway Gaol, Australian Suffragette Muriel Matters recalls the infamous "Grille Incident" at the House of Commons in 1908.
Imagine if Fleabag was a Suffragette - slightly less crude but with a whole lot of sass.
Written by Elise Lamb
DEEDS, NOT WORDS is a screen adaptation of Elise’s short play of the same name which was commissioned to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Vote for Women in the UK and premiered at the Pleasance Theatre in London in 2018. The play was also presented at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2019 as part of the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival.
DON’T MAKE HER ANGRY
Historical, Coming of Age, Drama, Social Impact | SHORT FILM
Angry women can change the world … The trails and tribulations of two young women who become involved in the women’s movement in Brisbane, Australia in 1968.
Written by Elise Lamb
COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Semi-Finalist HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition (2020) - Oscar-qualifying Festival
Stage Play
ALL THE LIGHT IS GONE
Dystopian, War, Drama, Social Impact | STAGE PLAY
Earth, 2084. Civilization has failed to address the climate crisis and the world has spiralled into chaos. A string of fear driven laws have been enforced to control the population, resource consumption and immigration to the last habitable land on the planet ... Australia. From a Bunker West of the Uluru Line, two Journalists reporting the raging "Final World War" uncover humanity's greatest threat ... the end.
ALL THE LIGHT IS GONE holds up a mirror to our past, present and future.
Explores themes of Climate Change and Asylum Seeking. Has potential to be adapted for screen.
Written by Elise Lamb
TELEVISION SERIES
ROCKING OUT
Road Trip, Female-led, Drama | 6 X 1-HOUR TV SERIES
An aspiring Music Producer reluctantly embarks on a pub tour of Queensland with her disabled sister and their estranged mother’s all-female over 50’s Rock Band.
Inspired by the writer’s own personal experiences and based on real life events.
Created & Written by Elise Lamb
COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Nominated MONTE MILLER AWARD Australian Writers' Guild (2023)
Quarter-Finalist Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition (2021)
Long-Listed for Screen Queensland + Stan Premium Drama Development Fund (2020)
Screen Queensland Creative Consultation with Wooden Horse (2020)
FLY GIRLS
Historical, Female-led, War, Drama | 6 x 1-HOUR LIMITED TV SERIES
It wasn’t just men who flew during World War Two.
As war breaks out across Europe, a headstrong Australian woman enlists as a pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary to ferry combat planes to the frontlines of WWII.
Inspired by the life of Australian pilot Mardi Gething who was 1 of 80 women who served with the ATA.
Created & Written by Elise Lamb
Feature film
OSAKA
Semi-Biographical, Drama | FEATURE FILM
Osaka is a city of blinding lights where the old world meets the new, a place where lost people go to be found.
Briar, a woman in her 30’s discovers she cannot conceive children and abruptly travels to Japan where she spirals into a manic depressive state. A chance encounter with a young girl, Ayaka by the Bay forces her to accept and explore her new identity.
Inspired by the writer’s own experiences whilst living in Japan.
Written by Elise Lamb
IT WAS WOMEN
Historical, Female-led, Psychological Thriller | FEATURE FILM
It was not witches who burned. It was women.
Written by Elise Lamb
HOW TO THROW A PUNCH
Historical, Female-led, Sport Drama | FEATURE FILM
Trapped in corsets. Free in the ring.
Five women find themselves entwined in the underground world of female boxing in Victorian London.
Written by Elise Lamb
THE CHAMPAGNE WAR
Historical, War, Drama | FEATURE FILM
The untold story of the fight to save France’s greatest treasure.
Written by Elise Lamb
THE BRISBANE LINE
Historical, War, Drama | FEATURE FILM
When the war came to Brisbane, a line was drawn.
Written by Elise Lamb
SHADOWLAND
Drama, Crime, Thriller, Social Impact | FEATURE FILM
Three Officers of a Special Tactical Crime Squad infiltrate a dangerous gang only to be betrayed by one of their own.
SICARIO meets THE STRANGER meets SONS OF ANARCHY.
Written by Elise Lamb
Giselle
Drama, Adaptation | FEATURE FILM
A war cry for all women.
A contemporary reimagining of the romantic classical ballet Giselle, ou les Wilis.
Written by Elise Lamb