Elizabeth Heile began providing finance and operations management services with Seattle film producers in 2006, after fifteen years in the investment services and non-profit sectors.
Elizabeth’s recent production work includes co-producing Marrow, directed by Matt Wilkins and produced by David Miller, and executive producing The Day My Parents Became Cool, written and directed by Steve Edmiston. She assisted with business plan and budget development and was Finance Manager on The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle, directed by David Russo, a grantee of the Northwest Film Forum’s prestigious Start-to-Finish program, and she was Finance Manager on Dear Lemon Lima, directed by Suzi Yoonesi. Elizabeth supported post-production and distribution logistics as Business Manager to Inlaws & Outlaws, directed by Drew Emery. During 2009, Elizabeth served as Finance Manager at WashingtonFilmWorks, the agency that provides funding incentives to productions shooting in Washington State.
Elizabeth has served as the Director of Finance with GadZook Media, and she is a past member of the Board of the Northwest Film Forum. She is a member of the Independent Feature Project, the Northwest Film Forum, and Women in Film. Elizabeth is a past volunteer business coach through Seattle’s Social Investors Forum. She holds a B.A. in Behavioral Science from Rice University, and an M.B.A. with a Finance and Marketing concentration from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
