Bio
Ellen Evans is an award-winning British filmmaker whose work has screened at international festivals including Sundance and SXSW, and on public broadcast channels including PBS and the BBC.
In 2020, she won a Grierson Award for her BFI-funded short, 'Country Girl'. Her most recent documentary 'Motherland' received critical attention from The Guardian, The Evening Standard and the Financial Times.
In 2024, Ellen completed her first short drama, 'Cold Snap' with BBC Film. The film was selected for the Short Film Competition at the 68th BFI London Film Festival.
Ellen teaches at University College London, where she is a lecturer on the MFA Creative Documentary by Practice.
Selected Press
- In the footsteps of Ken Loach's heirs - Telerama
- Homeward Review - The Guardian
- Short film anthology takes Britain’s pulse - The Guardian
- A mosaic of shorts with a powerful charge - The Financial Times
- The short film collection exploring what it means to be British - The Evening Standard
- The Uncertain Kingdom - Little White Lies
- Feature on Country Girl - Women in Film and Hollywood
- 5 to see: Docs at Sundance - Aesthetica
- Episode 24, Best Girl Grip: An Interview with Ellen Evans - Best Girl Grip
- Ellen Evans on Finding the Right Character - It’s Nice That
- £200k UK shorts project The Uncertain Kingdom unveils titles - Screen Daily
- Insights: Ellen Evans on Lillith and Life in Miniature - Open City Docs
- Forget Tiny Houses—Try Miniature Sculptures - The Atlantic
- Small world: The miniature model-makers who are hugely creative - BBC Arts
- Life Immortalised - Colossal
- Festival Highlight: Everything the Light Touches - Film Comment
- Everything the Light Touches: A Profound and Moving Portrait - Film Inquiry