sherise dorf
WRITER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
ABOUT SHERISE
Sherise Dorf is a writer, director, producer and founder of Tralaloo Productions, living in Los Angeles. Sherise spent her twenties working as a magazine editor/writer in New York City, where she realized her love of writing about authentic women, their journeys, storied relationships and complex family dynamics. After moving back to LA, she continued to freelance for various publications while writing spec scripts, and raising her daughter. Sherise first jumped into independent filmmaking ten years ago to co-produce a micro-budget feature. Now in her 50s, she’s been actively directing and producing her own projects and has served as a producer on several other indie sets. THE EVERYTHING POT is her feature directorial debut.
PHILOSOPHYI love writing about and for women, and discovered this love in my twenties while working as a writer and editor for numerous magazines in New York City. Something about exploring relationships and family dynamics from women’s points of view fascinated me, and I could never find enough stories to fuel this need, especially when it came to films, as there were very few written and directed by women.
Flash forward to today, I want to make movies about women that reflect the concerns we have and the way we talk to our friends and feel about our relationships, and what we give up when we prioritize others’ needs over our own. I want to make the films I’ve wanted to see for way too many years, based on very real, very awkward experiences from my own life, and to share these moments with a few laughs along the way.