Elizabeth Stanley - Producer

After overseeing the DGA’s work with independent filmmakers for over 7 years, Elizabeth Stanley left the Guild in 2004 to establish Elizabeth Stanley Pictures and Next Stop Management. In 2006, Ms. Stanley produced the feature-length MotoGP documentary The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid written and directed by Mark Neale. Her first venture into the new media arena was the critically acclaimed internet and mobile-content series titled Trailers from Hell (trailersfromhell.com) which she produces with director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Gremlins 2, The Howling) and Jonas Hudson of Digital Syndication. Trailers from Hell continues to post new content three times per week and is being distributed internationally by Content. In addition to producing The Dark Path Chronicles, Ms. Stanley is developing the feature films The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes and Expecting Someone Taller, both of which will be directed by Joe Dante and The Price of Peace to be directed by Mary Lambert. She also manages a small number of emerging writers and directors through Next Stop Management. From 1997 to September 2004, Ms. Stanley served as the Assistant Executive Director/Director of Organizing for the Directors Guild of America. From 1987 to 1997, she was the chief executive for the Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan, the pre-eminent US entertainment industry joint labor management training initiative.