Bridey Elliott is an actress, writer and director. After graduating from the National Theater Institute at Eugene O'Neill Center, she began performing stand-up in New York City where she became a regular at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Elliott starred in the SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner Fort Tilden, which was released by Orion Pictures in 2015. Her directorial debut, the short comedy “Affections”, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and went on to win the Special Jury Prize at IFF BOSTON as well as a theatrical run with other selected Sundance shorts. Bridey can be seen acting in Battle of The Sexes starring Emma Stone, as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Mosaic series for HBO. In January 2018, Clara's Ghost, Bridey's directorial feature debut premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.