Elizabeth Allen (director)

Elizabeth Allen (director)

Elizabeth Allen is an American director. Allen made her feature film directorial debut with Aquamarine, Fox 2000’s 2006 mermaid movie starring Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts. She most recently completed the 20th Century Fox film, Ramona and Beezus based on the book series by Beverly Cleary.

A graduate of USC Film School and Cornell University, Allen launched her career with the short Eyeball Eddie, starring Michael Rosenbaum, M. Emmet Walsh and Martin Starr, which premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2001. Produced as Allen’s USC thesis film, Eyeball Eddie went on to win awards at festivals worldwide. Most recently, she directed episodes of "Gossip Girl", "90210", "Life Unexpected", "Vampire Diaries", and "Franklin & Bash".