Ellen Perry

Ms. Perry is an award-winning film director, writer, producer and cinematographer. After attending the USC School of Cinematic Arts, she honed her craft all over the globe, making films in China, Japan, England, France, Turkey and South America. Her critically acclaimed feature Will, starred Golden Globe winners Damian Lewis and Bob Hoskins, and boasts rare cameos by football legends Steven Gerrard, Kenny Dalglish and Jamie Carragher. Ellen co-wrote, produced and directed this heart-warming underdog tale. In making Will, Ms. Perry secured the participation of the legendary Liverpool Football Club, one of the planet's largest entertainment brands, raised the entire budget ($10,000,000), and oversaw the production in three countries; the co-production between Great Britain and Turkey was the first of its kind. Will won the coveted Audience Award at the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam, the largest children's film festival in the world; won Best Feature Film at the prestigious European Youth Film Festival in Belgium, and second prize in the Chicago International Children's Film Festival where additional screenings were added due to audience demand. Will was distributed by Sony Pictures International. Her widely acclaimed feature documentary, The Fall of Fujimori, explores the controversial Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori. On Interpol's Most Wanted List, Fujimori was in exile in Tokyo when Ellen conducted a series of lengthy personal interviews. These provocative confessions prompted New York Times critic A.O. Scott to call Fujimori "brilliant, revelatory and entertaining." Fujimori premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. Nominated for an Emmy for Best Feature Documentary, and by the Writers Guild of America for Best Documentary Screenplay, Fujimori was an official selection at over 30 film festivals worldwide. It was also awarded the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle. Ms. Perry's first feature documentary, Great Wall Across the Yangtze, aired nationally on PBS. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the critically acclaimed film tells the story of the Three Gorges Dam; the world's largest under construction on the Yangtze River in China. Special screenings were held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in D.C. and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Ms. Perry has numerous film and TV projects in development including a $30MM dolphin animation film with Sid Ganis entitled, QiQi. An epic, period piece on Beethoven called Ode To Joy. And a South American political thriller, King Teardrop, based on her acclaimed documentary The Fall of Fujimori. Her TV projects include a limited TV series on the Father of the Blues, W.C. Handy, entitled, Delta Blues. A primetime network series set in San Francisco's billionaire's row called Gold Coast. And Animal Control, a half hour, female-driven comedy.