ABOUT US
Paper Horse Pictures is an award-winning independent production company founded in 2017. With a focus on empowering distinctive creative voices to tell ambitious stories, the company develops, finances, and produces independent films of every size.
Parker Croft / Co-founder
Parker Croft is an American director and screenwriter whose work explores flawed, conflicted characters, often centered on themes of mortality and love, rendered through a bold, voyeuristic visual style. His short films As Easy As Closing Your Eyes (2024), The Liars of Black Mountain Road (2026), Hell (2026), and Suncatcher (2019) have screened at 342 festivals worldwide, earning 168 awards, including 20 for Best Director. He co-wrote the feature Falling Overnight (2011), which won the Special Jury Prize at Cinequest. Croft co-founded the production company Paper Horse Pictures in West Hollywood in 2017, has directed music videos for artists including The All-American Rejects, and has served as a festival judge for the Hollywood Shortsfest and the Starling Film Festival.
ELISA Croft / Co-founder
Elisa Croft is a screenwriter and producer with over twenty years of experience in film and television. She co-founded Paper Horse Pictures with Parker Croft instead of going on their honeymoon and has been producing distinctive, award-winning work ever since, including the music video Send Her to Heaven by The All-American Rejects, the narrative short The Liars of Black Mountain Road, and Hell, the first stop-motion animated installment in the Hard Times anthology. Beyond film, she is a CPG marketing expert who co-founded First Friday CPG, writes for The Spaghetti Test, and is currently working on her first novel.