Ella is an award-winning Director and Producer for Film, TV and Virtual Production. Ella won Best First Time Film directing Leap Of Faith by Faye Sirohi, at Tees Valley International Film Festival 2024. She produced Bridges, Episode 1, with Episodes 2, 3 and 4 in post production. Bridges won Best Film at the Berlin Women Film Festival 2023. Ella is in post-production for surrealist comedy SPUDS as Director and co—writer, and is in development for Teesside Based comedy which won the Monologue Competition award at TVIFF 2024.

DIRECTING

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Kindred Spirits

Short Film (Post-Production)

Writer, Director, Producer

A short film by Ella Faye Donley, Equinox Productions (L.A. 2024).

Director’s Showreel

KINDRED SPIRITS

COMING SOON

The Painter And The Poet

Shadow Director (Directed by Dan Thorburn).

Written by Lucy Heath and Tyler Conti.

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

- Bolton International Film Festival

- Cairo International Film Festival

- Holly Shorts Film Festival

- Crystal Palace Film Festival

- Derby Film Festival

PRODUCING

Leap Of Faith (Trailer)

Short Film

Director

Written and Produced by Faye Sirohi, Directed by Ella Faye Donley. (London, 2023).

AWARDS & OFFICAL SELECTIONS:

- WINNER Best First Time Film - Tees Valley International Film Festival (2024)

- Paris International Short Film Festival 2023.

- Tees Valley International Film Festival 2024

- Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival

- San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival

- Austin International Art Festival

- London Lift-Off Film Festival

Bridges

Webseries Pilot

Producer

WINNER Best Webseries Pilot, Berlin Women in Cinema Festival 2023.

Two women from different countries search for purpose in London. Their friendship has always been the grounding force amidst the chaos, which is put to the test when conflict arises, and familial drama surfaces.

Pragma

Production Assistant (Producers: Phil Dunster & Fay Mohamed)

Directed by Ellie Heydon

Written by Lucy Heath

Starring Phil Dunster, James Dryden and Nathan Shelley

AWARDS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

- Tribecca Film Festival

- Women X Film Festival

- Underwire Festival

- Manchester Film Festival

- Sunderland Shorts Film Festival

ACTING

Hold My Hand

Short Film

Actor

Written by Kaleb D'aguilar, Directed by Will Dolan, produced by Firewood Pictures (2024).

Information Environment

Short Film

V/O Artist and Collaborator

A short film by Jessie Brett, in collaboration with Ella Faye Donley. (Ethiopia, 2021).

OTHER WORK INCLUDES: