Elyse Schein is a writer and filmmaker. He short films have been shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Long Island Film Festival, and at cinemas in Prague and San Francisco. A graduate of SUNY-Stony Brook, she has studied film in Prague's FAMU. As well as writing and directing films, Schein wrote film reviews for local publications in Prague and acted in several short films. She has also worked as an English teacher, photographer, and translator. Schein lives in Brooklyn.