SLMBR PRTY’s Elizabeth Archer on Unreal Comedy

“I grew up across the street from a DVD store and a Chinese take-out restaurant, so you could say I was raised on Indiana Jones behind-the-scenes featurettes and chicken chow mein…”

Elizabeth Archer is now a director, signed to New York production company SLMBR PRTY, with an irreverent style and penchant for modern life’s absurdity. She attributes her passion for film not just to this fortuitous situation growing up, but to her cineaste parents who gave her endless space to be creative.

“It’s the greatest gift you could ever give a kid,” she tells LBB. “I would spend hours of uninterrupted time alone, entertaining myself by writing short stories, building dollhouses, and pretending I was Liesl in ‘The Sound of Music’.”

Born and raised in Mill Valley, “a small town north of San Francisco nestled under a canopy of Redwood trees”, Elizabeth was constantly inspired by the surrounding nature - be it in her backyard, driving to Stinson beach, or hiking Muir Woods. “I was beyond fortunate to grow up in a school district that prioritised and funded the arts - theatre, film, music programmes…” she adds. “I always felt like I could grow up to be anything I wanted.”

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