Elisabeth Benfey, Lecturing Fellow, Theater Studies

Elisabeth Benfey

Fall Semester - Screenwriting. Spring Semester - Adv. Screenwriting, From Stories to Movies

Contact Info:
Office Location:  129 Bryan Center
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Teaching (Fall 2009):

  • THEATRST 137S.01, SCREENWRITING Synopsis
    Bryan Center 128, Tu 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
  • THEATRST 137S.02, SCREENWRITING Synopsis
    Bryan Center 128, Th 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
Teaching (Spring 2010):

  • THEATRST 141S.01, FROM STORIES TO MOVIES Synopsis
    Bryan Center 127, Tu 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
  • THEATRST 141S.02, FROM STORIES TO MOVIES Synopsis
    Bryan Center 128, Th 02:50 PM-05:20 PM
Education:

J.D.Universite d’Assas-Paris II
MFA, FilmColumbia University
Specialties:

Theater Studies
Research Interests:

Elisabeth Benfey has been acting, writing and directing for the past twenty years. She lectured at Boston College, directed plays at the Summer Program at Middleburry College (French Program) and at the M.I.T. Theater in Cambridge, MA. Her films have been shown at the Toronto and Tel Aviv Film Festivals. She has worked as a multi-media producer at the New York Botanical Garden and is the co-author of Gene Discovery Lab, a virtual lab in Molecular Biology for undergraduates. She has been a Communications Trainer in a New York-based communications firm specializing in teaching writing, presentation, and negotiations skills to executives and lawyers.