Raised in Palo Alto just a block from the fabled HP Garage in historic Professorville. Her undergraduate education was punctuated by acceptance into the Producer’s Program on “The Godfather Trilogy” where she worked beside grad students dissecting the merits of the movies using the film school's vault of archival material and lectures by the mavericks behind the film; including Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Gray Frederickson. Upon graduation, a position in production resources financed her screenwriting and eventually landed her an office on the lot of Paramount Studios, locating sign licensees for the stationary motion picture set “New York Street.” On a complete departure from the film industry, she launched the L.A. showroom of a NYC couture furniture designer at the Pacific Design Center and began a passion for interior décor that she brought to Atlanta. Furnishing spaces in lavish residences, start-ups, universities, corporate offices and film productions – which is how she met her husband, Elmer Bowman – a DC native. The Broadcast Editor for CNN was on a creative sabbatical that resulted in an Emmy win for his work on a documentary film, and directed the feature film, Dear Willie (movie trailer on IMDb). Elisa now serves as Producer on the Indie project along with developing the couple’s stable of original material.

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