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Elyse Blennerhassett

Elyse Blennerhassett is a freelance audio and multimedia producer, journalist, and immersive sound artist based in Brooklyn. She is co-founder of Brown Planet Productions, an independent documentary production company, with award-winning filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz. She collaborates with documentary producers, investigative journalists, artists, oral historians, nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and galleries to produce podcasts, films, and immersive exhibitions. Her original and collaborative works have been seen/heard in publications including: The Marshall Project, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NPR, and The Invisible Institute. She has contributed to productions that have screened at film and photography festivals and that have been featured in gallery exhibitions throughout The United States and Europe.