Ellis is a London born screenwriter and writing teacher. His credits include Princesa, which screened at Sundance and won best foreign narrative at the LA Outfest; comedy feature, January 2nd and the acclaimed short, Coming Down.
He began his teaching journey at the London Film School over twenty years ago where he developed The Writers Gym, a series of creative workshops for screenwriters, directors and producers. The workshop became a laboratory to explore writing, the creative process and the nature of storytelling itself.
Over the years, he has taken the gym to many film schools and other artistic institutions including the Film London, the AFI conservatory in Los Angeles; The Scuola Holden in Turin; Calarts; Famu in Prague; the Zurich University of the Arts; the Alma Löv Museum in Sweden and the Berlinale Talents.
For five years he was Head of Screenwriting at the DFFB in Berlin where he still teaches regularly and mentors. He also works as script consultant on features and shorts as well as mentoring emerging writer/directors in their development process.
