Elise McCave Senior Director of Film, Kickstarter

Elise is Kickstarter’s Senior Director of Film. She works with filmmakers worldwide, providing tailored support and mentorship on fundraising and audience-building for films in development and production. She works to ensure the creative voices on Kickstarter come from all corners of the industry,  producing work that explores the form to the fullest.

Based in New York, she joined Kickstarter in 2016 from Doc Society (formerly BRITDOC), a nonprofit based in London and New York that works with documentary filmmakers.

Elise is the producer of forthcoming feature documentary, Cisco Kid.