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Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker. In 1999 and 2000 Elissa was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards. Her major works comprise of a number of award winning short films, Summer Angst, The Cherry Orchard, Her Outback, The Bathers, Pink Pyjamas, HMAS Unicorn and Samantha Stewart, aged fourteen. They have been screened at numerous festivals including Tampere, Locarno Aix-en-Provence, Montecatini, Milan, San Francisco Indie, St Kilda, Brisbane, Revelation, Women on Women, POV and Tropfest. These shorts have also been screened in theatres and broadcast nationally and overseas. Elissa was one of Australia's upcoming artists featured in the In Progress spread in Vogue (2005). Elissa Down's first feature film, the semi-autobiographical, The Black Balloon was released in Australian cinemas 6 March 2008. It stars Rhys Wakefield, Gemma Ward, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson and Academy Award Nominee Toni Collette
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Elissa Down
Born 1975-07-02 (50 years ago) in Australia.
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay (The Black Balloon) | 2008 |
| AACTA Award for Best Direction (The Black Balloon) | 2008 |
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay (The Black Balloon) | 2008 |
| AACTA Award for Best Direction (The Black Balloon) | 2008 |








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