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Elissa Piszel

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Elissa Piszel was born German, Hungarian and Polish in the small town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She fell in love with the stage at the age of 3 as a ballet dancer performing in the Nutcracker. Elissa continued on to perform all throughout her younger years into high school in Summer theater and Regional theater. Granting her a scholarship into college at NYU Tisch school of the Arts at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Elissa booked a lead role in a feature film with director Darren Stein (Jawbreaker), so she took a leave of absence from college and continued to study at the New Actors Workshop with Mike Nichols, Paul Sills and George Morrison. Two years later Elissa started her own theater company and started producing her own theater on Theater Row. She continues to produce awarded theater and film. Feature film "In The Moon's Shadow", which she stars in and produces, is now in distribution with Green Apple Entertainment. Elissa is a proud member of New York Women of Film and Television. She continues to teach young children improvisational movement and acting and resides in Manhattan.
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Elissa Piszel
In The Moon's Shadow on Location in Nebraska
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Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival for In The Moon’s Shadow 2020
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Elissa Piszel
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Ellie's Perk (2017)
Ellie's Perk
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  • Ellie Perk
  • 2017
Café Society (2016)
Café Society
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  • Countess Van Goren
  • 2016
Debra Lord Cooke, Elissa Piszel, and Jules Hartley in In the Moon's Shadow (2019)
In the Moon's Shadow
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  • Karin
  • 2019
Josh Fallon and Jeanne Joe Perrone in Equilibria (2014)
Equilibria
  • Alithea
  • 2014

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Actress

  • Exit Zero - The Last Stop
    • Sile
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
    The Trial of the Chicago 7
    • Juror (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Debra Lord Cooke, Elissa Piszel, and Jules Hartley in In the Moon's Shadow (2019)
    In the Moon's Shadow
    • Karin
    • 2019
  • Lou (2017)
    Lou
    • Karen
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Ellie's Perk (2017)
    Ellie's Perk
    • Ellie Perk
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Café Society (2016)
    Café Society
    • Countess Van Goren
    • 2016
  • Josh Fallon and Jeanne Joe Perrone in Equilibria (2014)
    Equilibria
    • Alithea
    • 2014
  • Hanging in Hedo (2008)
    Hanging in Hedo
    • Hottie
    • 2008
  • Red Letters
    • Chloe
    • Short
    • 2005
  • Cha Cha de los Chans
    • The Woman
    • Short
    • 2004

Producer

  • Debra Lord Cooke, Elissa Piszel, and Jules Hartley in In the Moon's Shadow (2019)
    In the Moon's Shadow
    • producer
    • 2019
  • Lou (2017)
    Lou
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Ellie's Perk (2017)
    Ellie's Perk
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2017

Writer

  • Ellie's Perk (2017)
    Ellie's Perk
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2017

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    Elissa Piszel appeared alongside Stephen Rea at The Public Theater in New York City in Kicking A Dead Horse directed by Sam Shepard co-produced with the Abbey Theater in Ireland. She also is a founder of three theater companies in New York city and producer of two film companies.
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    • Swoozie

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