Associate Professor, Filmmaking
Elizabeth Yarwood聽is a Los Angeles-based cinematographer, director, and writer. She is an Associate Professor of Filmmaking in the School of Media : Culture : Design. Elizabeth holds an MFA in Film and TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and a BA in Photography from Bard College. Her cinematography work has included both scripted and documentary films and TV shows, and has been seen at film festivals including SxSW, Cinequest, Dances聽with Films, Full Frame, and HollyShorts. She has served as a cinematographer on award-winning projects such as the feature documentary鈥�Pioneers in Skirts鈥痓y director Ashley Maria, which explores gender inequality in the workplace, and the horror-comedy short film聽Witchy, by writer/director Liz Manashil. She has worked in the camera department on a wide variety of TV shows on network and cable television such as Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.鈥痮n PBS.
Elizabeth has developed and produced original content as well. She is the creator of the comedic web series鈥�LA Picker,聽about feuding thrifters聽and resellers, and the writer/director of the short film,聽The Modern Couple.鈥疭he has also directed over thirty videos for Wisecrack, a YouTube channel with over 3 million subscribers. She is a member of the International Collective of Female Cinematographers (ICFC) and Women of Cinematic Arts.
BA, Bard College
MFA, USC School of Cinematic Arts