Ellis Freeman

Ellis is a screenwriter born in London and currently living in Berlin where he is Head of Screenwriting and Development at the DFFB. His screenwriting credits include the feature Princesa, which screened at Sundance and won best foreign narrative at the LA Outfest, the comedy feature January 2nd and the acclaimed short Coming Down. As script consultant, he has worked on many films including Henrique Goldman’s Jean Charles, Laura Plancarte’s docudrama Tierra Caliente, and Almost Heaven, Carol Salter’s feature documentary. Ellis began teaching screenwriting at the London Film School where he developed his highly successful Writer’s Gym, a series of creative writing workshops for screenwriters, directors and producers.  He has also held workshops at the Binger Filmlab; the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles; the Scuola Holden in Turin; the Luxembourg Audio Visual Centre and at Berlinale Talents.