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The Understudy

The Understudy - Sun Oct 16, 2022 - 2:00PM
Film Info
Category
Short
Runtime
12:00
Country
New Zealand
Directed by
Elizabeth Crummett
Produced by
Jonathan King, Elizabeth Crummett
Written by
Hamish Brown
Main Cast
Kimre Viviers, Ian Harcourt, Matthew Ruglys, Claire Waldron, Jack Spite, Gabe McDonnell, Fergus Aitken, Josh Campbell
Shorts Included
Short Block

An aspiring actress has an audition at a prestigious downtown theatre, but underestimates the sacrifice she needs to make to get the role.

Director

Contact Info

Elizabeth

Crummett

Director
California-born Elizabeth Crummett is an avid filmmaker and genre lover. After finishing a film degree she booked flights to New Zealand to try to get work on the Lord Of The Rings trilogy; it wasn’t long until she found herself on set dressed as an orc....Read more
California-born Elizabeth Crummett is an avid filmmaker and genre lover. After finishing a film degree she booked flights to New Zealand to try to get work on the Lord Of The Rings trilogy; it wasn’t long until she found herself on set dressed as an orc. There she met many of the incredible artists, performers, and film technicians she would go on to make her own films with. Elizabeth has lived there ever since, marrying the guy who used to take her orc head on and off, and has had the pleasure of collaborating with and being mentored by various New Zealand heavyweight film and visual FX industry players. Elizabeth was in her third trimester during production of “The Understudy” and gave birth to a ten pound son during post-production. She swears to god that the ghosts of the historic Wellington Opera House are real and tried to push her down the stairs more than once while she was shooting her film. Thankfully she is a hard ass, but would like to take this opportunity to apologize to whatever dead person was offended by her or her film crew. Aside from making movies and raising huge babies, Elizabeth spends her time tutoring film students at Massey University in Wellington and doesn’t plan on resting until her debut feature film is in the can! Read less
The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.
-Alfred Hitchcock
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