Elisa Manzini

Screenwriter, Playwright and Author

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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About Elisa

Originally from Lake Como, Italy, I currently live in Los Angeles. I specialize in dark dramas, thrillers and horrors about psychologically broken women who find the strength to fight back.

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Almost Mother Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama COMPS: ALL OF US STRANGERS meets PETITE MAMAN When a troubled forensic psychiatrist visits her childhood home, she finds herself trapped in 1978 with her parents’ younger selves and the chance to prevent the tragedy that made her an orphan.
Mabel Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Drama COMPS: DONNIE DARKO meets ROOM When a hot-headed orphan is incarcerated for assault, she must examine the decade of horrific trauma that turned her into a killer in order to escape the terrifying woman in her nightmares. Semifinalist at WeScreenplay Diverse Voices – 2021 Semifinalist at The Script Lab – 2021 Semifinalist at SoCal Screenplay – 2022
Portrait of a Soul Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama COMPS: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE meets ELLE Years after being sexually abused, a successful art curator encounters her now famous abuser and seeks to get her revenge. Second rounder at Austin Film Festival (2023)
Samhain Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror COMPS: CABIN FEVER meets DRAG ME TO HELL After four friends rent a lake cabin to escape the commercialism of Halloween and celebrate Samhain in a more spiritual way, they get inked by a demon tattoo artist and begin to fall victim to their new tattoos, which come to life and push them to horrifying actions.
Of Love and Madness Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama COMPS: BODY HEAT meets UNFAITHFUL Suffocated by her small-town life and a passionless marriage, a battered young woman in the 1980s begins an affair with her husband’s best friend, only to find herself trapped in a maddening spiral of events. Based on the acclaimed novel "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola
The End-All Drama ⋄ Crime COMPS: BREAKING BAD meets MARY KILLS PEOPLE After helping her terminally ill boyfriend end his life, a shattered but determined medical director opens an illegal assisted suicide clinic that pits her against big pharma and politicians, and she’s forced to flee to Europe after killing the wrong person.
The Baggage Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Set in Italy. In an attempt to escape a life of domestic violence, Nora flees to Sicily with two suspicious suitcases, unaware that her past and guilt will follow her, and she will once again have to fight for her life.
Monsieur Mime Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror After the loss of her father, an insecure aspiring librarian hits a disturbing mime with her car. When the monster begins haunting her, she must figure out how to get rid of him before it’s too late.
My Man Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Comedy After having her heart broken for the umpteenth time, hopelessly romantic Alyssa picks up a handsome hit-and-run victim with amnesia at the hospital and tricks him into falling in love with her, unaware that he’s gay and his partner is looking for him.

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Denti [Teeth] (2024)
writer/producer Returning home to her dying father, a damaged woman with a strange obsession with teeth gets a chance to avenge her childhood trauma.
It Hits You When You Know It
Film by Devon Armstrong Writer/Producer
I'll Be Watching
Film co-writer
Monsieur Mime
Film (short) Writer/Producer
Of Puppies and Men
Film (short) Writer