Anna Callista Eisen

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 — Berkeley High School IB HL Film

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.

Dining In

3 minutes — September 2022 — Berkeley High School IB HL Film

Director / Writer / Editor / Director of Photography / Production Design. Short montage film where someone does their dishes to a disco tune.

Talking Some Trash

4 minutes — August 2022 — California Film Institute

Director / Editor / Producer. Documentary about waste management in the town of San Rafael, and how politicians are looking at sustainability policies.

Penance

8 minutes — July 2022 — Berkeley Repertory Theater Summer Film Intensive

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.

The Producer's Office

9 minutes — June 2022 — Berkeley High School IB SL Film

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.

November

5 minutes — February 2022 — Berkeley High School IB SL Film

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.

12

2 minutes — November 2021 — Berkeley High School IB SL Film

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.

Laundry List

4 minutes — September 2021 — Berkeley High School IB SL Film

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.

Featured Theater & Musical Acting

Two Gentlemen 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 Festival 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)