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Ursula Ellis is a writer / director based in Los Angeles. Born in Germany to parents from West Virginia, raised all around the US, and spending her adult life in its three major cities, she considers many places home. She studied Radio / Television / Film at Northwestern and received an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University.
Her work can be seen via Hulu, Museum of the Moving Image, Girls in Film, DUST, Omeleto, Director’s Notes, NoBudge, and Film Shortage. Projects have been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Catwalk Institute, New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and Maine Media Workshop. In 2021, she was a fellow in the Destroy All Boundaries Directing Partnership for Women Genre Directors. She received the Lisa Rubin Award for Best Drama Teleplay & Faculty Jury Selects at the Columbia University Film Festival in 2019.
She developed a feature-length adaptation of Hulu’s OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD with 20th Digital Studio / Disney. She has also developed feature and episodic work with Circle of Confusion, Good Fear Content, and independent producer Emily McEvoy (RADIUM GIRLS).
She is represented by Kristi Eddington at Yorn Levine.
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