Elise Kibler is an actor, director, and writer based in New York City.

She’s a graduate of NYU Tisch’s filmmaking program, where she simultaneously started her career in the theater working on and off-Broadway. As an actor, she can be seen in Adam Meeks' debut feature and Sundance world premiere Union County opposite Will Poulter, and on Netflix’s The Night Agent. Up next: MGM+’s American Classic starring Kevin Kline and Laura Linney, and Elizabeth Meriwether’s Furious opposite Emmy Rossum on Hulu.

As a filmmaker, her pilot Cold Call (created by/written by Emma Lenderman) will be premiering in competition at SXSW 2026. Her screenwriting and directing debut Do It To Me If You Want (co-dir James Udom) world-premiered at Tribeca Festival in 2023. Her work has been developed at Glance Productions, Brooklyn College, and currently at BRIC.