Ella Greenwood is a British Filmmaker, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate, 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 Diana Award Recipient, a Women of the Future Award Winner, a TEDx Speaker, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Honouree.
Aged 18, Ella 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 and at which she won Best Young Director at the London Director Awards, '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 'Once Upon a Riot' which was filmed in London & Los Angeles. Her most recent project is the one-take short 'Twofold' which was recently nominated at the British Short Film Awards, won 'Best Director' at Kino London Short Film Festival and was selected for the Amazon MGM Studios LGBTQ+ Competition at SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Ella is an ambassador for leading teen mental health charity stem4 and for youth-focused charity I Will. She was a 2024 Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She was selected for the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list at the age of 19 and is a 'Women of the Future' Award Winner. She is a 2024 Diana Award Recipient, the highest accolade a young person can receive for social or humanitarian work.
Ella is a TEDx Speaker, and has also spoken on a range of panels, such as Victoria's 'Brands disrupting the Norms' event alongside CanO Water Founder Josh White, and Havas Media's Suicide Prevention Day Panel alongside HUMEN Founder River Hawkins. At the age of 21, she was invited to speak at the University of Oxford and took part in their Mental Health Awareness panel alongside Duke Mckenzie MBE, Author Gabe Howell and ITV Presenter Matt Johnson. She has also spoken on various national news channels and global podcasts about the representation of mental illness in the media. As a Director of the Lucas A. Ferrara Film Fund, she's read over hundreds of scripts and has also been on the jury for a range of programmes, including Screenwriter Network's recent short film competition. She was awarded Creative Pioneer Of The Year at the Darkus Magazine 2021 Awards and won the Creative Change Award at the 2022 Global Youth Awards. She was selected for the Future Minds 25 Under 25 List in 2025. She is an ambassador for cruelty-free make-up brand 'Eyeko' and was featured as a part of their Limitless Campaign. In 2024, she was featured on Vanmoto Media's 10 Gen Z Filmmakers to Watch alongside Finn Wolfhard and Cooper Raiff.
Ella is an active member of Directors UK, WFTV and Cinesisters.
“An unflinching look at the repercussions of a relationship with a power imbalance, I was immediately drawn into the world that director Ella Greenwood masterfully creates. Meticulously choreographed and shot, this short feels like a filmmaking feat.”
- Amy Williams, Festival Director of NFFTY about Ella's latest film TWOFOLD
