Biography

Ella Greenwood is a British Filmmaker, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate, born and raised in London, England, whose work has screened at BAFTA & ACADEMY Qualifying Festivals and has been featured by the likes of Variety, Deadline, Grazia, Huffington Post and Refinery29.  She is the Founder of Broken Flames Productions, a Women of the Future Award Winner & a Forbes 30 Under 30 Honouree. Aged 18, she wrote, directed & produced her first film 'Faulty Roots' which was nominated for an Award by Film The House which is run by Parliament and sponsored by Disney, Lionsgate, Warner Bros and more. Faulty Roots was selected for BAFTA Qualifying festivals including Carmarthen Bay at which she won the Rising Star Award. Next came the short films 'Smudged Smile' starring BAFTA Winner Mia Mckenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) which premiered at the Oscar Qualifying Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 'Self-Charm' starring BAFTA Winner Bukky Bakray (Rocks), 'Why Wouldn't I Be?' with Harry Collett (House of the Dragon) which premiered at BIFA Qualifying Manchester Film Festival, 'Bibimbap for One' which premiered at BAFTA Qualifying Norwich Film Festival, and 'Fifty-Four Days' which won Best Short Film at BAFTA Qualifying British Urban Film Festival. Upcoming projects include 'Better Get Better' with Elisha Applebaum (Fate: The Winx Saga) and Aliyah Odoffin (Everything I Know about Love),  and 'Once Upon a Riot' which was filmed in London & Los Angeles. Her next project is the one-take short 'Twofold' which was recently nominated at the British Short Film Awards, and stars Phoebe Campbell (House of the Dragon) & Rebecca Calder (Hilma).