Ziskin directed her first short film Oh, What a Day! 1914, which was released in 1994, and produced the Nicole Kidman tour-de-force To Die For (1995), under the banner of Laura Ziskin Productions.
zˈɪskɪn dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd hɜː fˈɜːst ʃˈɔːɹt fˈɪlm ˈoʊ, wˌʌt ɐ dˈeɪ! nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹtiːn, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ɹᵻlˈiːst ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ, ænd pɹədˈuːst ðə nɪkˈoʊl kˈɪdmən tˈʊɹdəfˈoːɹs tə dˈaɪ fɔːɹ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv, ˌʌndɚ ðə bˈænɚɹ ʌv lˈɔːɹə zˈɪskɪn pɹədˈʌkʃənz.