Elizabeth Lo

Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning filmmaker whose latest documentary feature, Mistress Dispeller, the intimate portrait of the disentangling of a real-life love triangle, is in theaters through Oscilloscope from October 22. Her debut feature, Stray, an intimate portrait of three dogs roaming the streets of Istanbul, came out theatrically in 2021 and her short films include Hotel 22 (2015), Bisonhead (2016), Mother’s Day (2017), The Disclosure President (2016), Notes from Buena Vista (2016), Treasure Island (2014), and Last Stop in Santa Rosa (2013). In 2017, her collected shorts were released by Video Project as a DVD, The Short Films of Elizabeth Lo. Elizabeth was born and raised in Hong Kong and holds a B.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and an M.F.A. from Stanford University.

Talks

Finding Mistress Dispeller

By Elizabeth Lo | October 21, 2025

Finding Mistress Dispeller

Director Elizabeth Lo shares the backstory to her remarkable new doc, an intimate portrait of the disentangling of a real-life love triangle.

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

By Elizabeth Lo | March 4, 2021

The Puppy with the One Blue Eye: A Documentary Filmmaker’s Dilemma

Elizabeth Lo, whose debut documentary feature Stray is out tomorrow, on the most difficult situation she faced making the film.