Ursula Ellis

Ursula Ellis is an LA-based writer/director and alumna of the Northwestern University BA & Columbia University MFA film programs. An Army brat with Appalachian roots, she was born in Germany and grew up primarily in Alabama & Oklahoma. Her short films have screened at festivals like Fantasia, Denver, Woodstock, Indie Memphis, Mill Valley, Sarasota, & Cucalorus and been featured online via Omeleto, NoBudge, Shudder, Directors Notes, Girls in Film, and Film Shortage. Her MFA thesis, CRICK IN THE HOLLER, received an Alfred P. Sloan Production Grant. Her feature & episodic scripts have placed in screenwriting fellowships & competitions including the Nicholls, CineStory, Scriptapalooza, Tribeca/Sloan Filmmaker Fund (finalist), and received support from the CATWALK Institute and the New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Her pilot script, WAR IS KIND, won Best Drama Teleplay & Faculty Selects at the 2019 Columbia University Film Festival of thesis and recent alumni work.