Joy Elisabeth Waldinger

Joy Elisabeth Waldinger, who also publishes as J. Eliza Wall, is a Philadelphia-based storyteller working as an artist, writer, and filmmaker, and she also teaches art. She writes, produces, directs, films, and edits her own short films, which explore family, relationships, nostalgia, nature, and health. Her films have won festival awards, and she has published in literary magazines. In 2026 she was a research resident at Elsewhere Museum, where she made a photographic archive of objects from the collection.