Anna Callista Eisen
Contact
theannaeisen@gmail.com
Education
Berkeley High School, Class of 2023
Black Pine Circle Middle School, Class of 2019
Film Education
Berkeley High School IB HL Film (Amanda Marini), 2021-2023
Berkeley Repertory Theater Summer Film Intensive 2022
California Film Institute, Documentary Filmmaking, 2022
Films
Look the Other Way, 3 minutes, November 2022
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design. A short film about a girl trying to hide from a hoard of zombies who attempts to get the attention of someone listening to music and alert them to the danger of the undead. Berkeley High School IB HL Film.
Dining In, 3 minutes, September 2022
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design. Short montage film where someone does their dishes to a disco tune. Berkeley High School IB HL Film.
Talking Some Trash, 4 minutes, August 2022
Position: Director/ Editor/ Producer. Documentary about waste management in the town of San Rafael, and how politicians are looking at sustainability policies. California Film Institute Documentary Filmmaking Camp.
Penance, digital video, 8 minutes, July 2022,
Position: Director of Photography. A dark comedy film about a young girl who forms a strange friendship with her polar opposite at the church where she goes to mourn her younger sister. Berkeley Repertory Theater Summer Film Intensive.
The Producers Office, digital video, 9 minutes, June 2022
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design. A postmodernist short film about a desperate director who tries to pitch her movie to a producer, who keeps suggesting wild ideas that the director had trouble trying to recreate. Berkeley High School IB SL Film.
November, digital video, 5 minutes, February 2022
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design. A neo-noir based on Bonnie and Clyde (1967) about a lone bank robber whose heist goes wrong. Berkeley High School IB SL Film.
12, digital video, 2 minutes, November 2021
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design. A short film about a girl’s time-jumping journey through her neighborhood to try and be on time for a meeting. Berkeley High School IB SL Film.
Laundry List, digital video, 4 minutes, September 2021
Position: Director/Writer/Editor/Director of Photography/Production Design.
A short film about a young girl who discovers that her bedside lamp can change the time of day. Berkeley High School IB SL Film.
Featured Theater and Musical Acting
Two Gentleman of Verona (Proteus), 2022, California Shakespeare Theater, Directed by Solange Schumacher.
Big (Science Homework Kid/Ensemble), 2019, Berkeley Playhouse Mainstage,
professional production Directed by Ryan Weible.
Richard III (Richard), 2018, California Shakespeare Theater, Directed by Wendy Wisely
Acting Training
Monologues, scene work, and on-camera Acting at American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, and Contra Costa Civic Theater. Jazz, ballet, and modern dance at Shawl Anderson Dance Studio and Berkeley Playhouse with Joe Ayers. Competed three times at the Junior Theater Festive West, and Australia. Sang with Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir 2014-2016 and 6 years of vocal training with Lisa Woo, and Rachel Robinson.
Acting Skills
Proficiency in Spanish, and a decent grasp of Southern, Northern Irish, and English (Northern and aristocratic) accents. Can do an amazing impression of the host of Great British Bake Off.
Acting Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Music, Junior Theater Festival West 2019 (group award)
Excellence In Ensemble Work, Junior Theater Festival West 2020 (group award)
Outstanding Acting, Junior Theater Festival Australia 2020 (group award)