Film Method In Madness which she wrote, directed and produced, stars Ted Lasso'''s Cristo Fernández as Hamlet and was a Finalist in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare Shorts and Won "Best Director" and "Best Cinematography" at the Paris International Film Awards. Writing In 2012, Lamb wrote her debut short film Blown for Tropfest and See You Soon. Whilst a student at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Lamb began writing her debut play The Australian Girl, inspired by the life of Louise Mack, the first female war correspondent during World War I. Central funded research and development in Belgium for the play and the first draft was presented in a semi-staged reading at LOST Theatre in London during the summer of 2016. In 2017, The Australian Girl received further support from the Old Vic New Voices and a full length version of the play premiered Off West End at Theatre N16 as part of their Military Season Aftershock. Her short play A Dance Of Two Sisters about two Polish sisters during World War II was presented at the Pleasance Theatre. In 2018, her second short play Deeds, Not Words about Australian Suffragette Muriel Matters was also presented at the Pleasance Theatre. Lamb was a member of the National Theatre's Writers Group (2018) and was an Associate Artist of Theatre 1880 (2016-2018). In 2020, Lamb began adapting her stage play The Australian Girl for screen. The short Proof of Concept script was Runner-Up "Best Unproduced Short Screenplay" at the Oscar-qualifying Raindance Film Festival and Won "Best Short Screenplay" and the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Female Voices Rock Film Festival in New York. In 2022, she was award the Raindance Screenwriting Fellowship'' to develop a long-form project. Personal life There was already a Rebecca Lamb registered with Spotlight and Equity, as a result Lamb changed her name professionally to "Elise Lamb". She was previously credited as "Rebecca Elise Lamb". Lamb is related to British actor Michael Rennie. Although born in Australia, Lamb has Scottish, Irish, English, French and Norwegian ancestry. Filmography Acting credits Film Television Commercial Music video Director, writer and producer credits Film Theatre Acting credits Director credits Writer credits Producer credits Awards and nominations References External links Living people Australian film actresses Australian producers Australian directors 1986 births Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art