Elisa Kujala is a director and screenwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden. She has a BA in journalism and she also studied directing and screenwriting at London Film School. Currently, she’s doing her MA in film directing at Aalto University School of Arts.
She has worked in many different TV and film roles so far; as an editor, assistant producer, production manager, script supervisor, and assistant director among others – which has offered her an insight into how to be a multifaceted director. Elisa has also directed and written 8 short films and a short documentary. Her films have been featured in film festivals in the UK and Nordics.
In her films, she usually deals with topics of loneliness and the effects of violence. She explores the themes of mental instability and externality. She wants her films to leave space for self-examination and to challenge us to see the world outside our own social bubbles.
At the moment she’s working on the script of her first feature film script ’Elektra’.