Elizabeth Hope Williams

Elizabeth Hope Williams is a filmmaker with Rain Media based in the Catskills and NYC.  Elizabeth joined Rain Media in 2022 as an associate producer for their three-part documentary series America and the Taliban, which investigates how America’s 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory after two decades of mistakes, miscalculations, and hubris.  Elizabeth comes from a theatrical background as a performer, writer, and collaborator.  Her interest lies in the partnership between language, movement, and imagery to communicate a narrative of shared human experience.

Elizabeth recently co-produced  the two-hour documentary  “China, the U.S. and the Rise of Xi Jinping.”  She is currently working on a one hour film about Syria after the fall of the Assad Regime to air in July 2025.

She studied film at the Freie Universitat in Berlin and graduated magna cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in musical theatre and an emphasis on political science.  She lives in the Catskills with her with her husband and three daughters.