Chatting with Aussie director Elise McLeod - she's living my perfect French life!

About this episode

Elise McLeod shares her experiences as a film director living in France and discusses her film 'Reclaim the Night'.

Elise McLeod is a film director and acting coach who has called France home for over 30 years. After travelling there as an exchange student in her high school years, Elise made a decision: once she knew what she wanted to do with her life, she was going to return to Paris to live it there! Elise has a film Reclaim the Night in competition this week (on 6 June) in the St Kilda Film Festival. The film is set in Paris telling the fictional story of two best friends, one had the best night...

People in this episode

Host: Louise Prichard

Guest: Elise McLeod

Topics covered

• film
• directing
• living in France
• Aussie expats
• Parisian life

Keywords

• Elise McLeod
• film director
• France
• Paris
• St Kilda Film Festival
• Reclaim the Night
• Aussie expats

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Reclaim the Night

Places: France, Paris

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