{{short description|British filmmaker and musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Sankey | image = Elizabeth Sankey.jpg | alt = | caption = Sankey in 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|02|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=sankles|postid=DApWQJqIxoJ|title=It is my birthday.|date=2 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pieri|first=Amelia|date=13 October 2019|title=Interview with Elizabeth Sankey / Romantic Comedy|url=https://www.filminrevolt.org/interview-with-elizabeth-sankey-romantic-comedy/|website=Film in Revolt|access-date=24 December 2025}}</ref> }} '''Elizabeth Sankey''' is a British filmmaker and musician, best known for her film ''Romantic Comedy''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-07|title=Romantic Comedy review – our love affair with the romcom|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/07/romantic-comedy-review-romcom-documentary-elizabeth-sankey|access-date=2020-09-30|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> and for playing in the indie-pop band Summer Camp.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=2011-03-03|title=In Thrall to the 1980s: Put 16 Candles on That Hunk of Frosted Yearning|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/arts/music/04summer.html|access-date=2020-09-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Music career == As part of Summer Camp she has released four albums<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summer Camp|url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/summer-camp|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Metacritic|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Subscribe|title=Summer Camp - Romantic Comedy|url=https://diymag.com/2020/02/13/summer-camp-romantic-comedy-album-review|access-date=2020-09-30|website=diymag.com|date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and the soundtrack to the film ''Beyond Clueless''.
== Films == Her debut feature film, ''Romantic Comedy'', premiered at South By Southwest and was distributed in the UK by MUBI.<ref>{{Citation|title=Romantic Comedy|url=https://mubi.com/films/romantic-comedy-2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> It consists of clips from hundreds of pre-existing films, with narration by Sankey exploring the history of the genre,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Sankey on deconstructing the rom-com|url=https://lwlies.com/festivals/elizabeth-sankey-romantic-comedy-interview/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Little White Lies|language=en}}</ref> intercut with interviews with other contributors including Jessica Barden, Charlie Lyne and Laura Snapes<ref>{{Citation|last=Sankey|first=Elizabeth|title=Romantic Comedy|date=2020-03-10|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9583526/|type=Documentary, Comedy, Romance|others=Jessica Barden, Cameron Cook, Anne T. Donahue, Simran Hans|publisher=1091 Ten Ninety One|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref>
In 2024, she wrote and directed the film ''Witches''.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/witches-review-elizabeth-sankey-1235918084/ ‘Witches’ Review: Self-Serious Doc Links Women’s Mental Health With the Ethereal - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
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