Ella Greenwood

Ella Greenwood (born 30 April 2001) is an English actress, writer and director. She is known for creating the film Faulty Roots.[1] She also works as a mental health activist and is an ambassador for teenage mental health charity stem4.[2]

Ella Greenwood
Born
Ella Mae Greenwood

(2001-04-30) 30 April 2001
England, United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
Alma materNational Youth Theatre
OccupationActor and Filmmaker
Years active2019-present
AgentCSP Management

Early life

Greenwood was born and raised in North London, and was homeschooled from the age of 13. She received acting training at the National Youth Theatre.[3]

Career

Greenwood has been acting from a young age, after signing with an agent as a child [4] She was the lead character in the films Before Nightfall[5] and In Front of You.[6] Aged 18, she wrote, directed and produced her first short film Faulty Roots which was about mental health awareness in teens.[7] Faulty Roots screened in many film festivals including BAFTA accredited Bolton International Film Festival, Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, and Tallgrass Film Festival at which it won an award.[8] It was given five stars by The Fan Carpet,[9] with UK Film Review calling it 'a rather powerful little story, told with care and genuine affection for its characters'.[10] After it was announced by Film Stories Magazine that Faulty Roots was being developed into a feature film,[11] Deadline shared that Gavin and Stacey actress Melanie Walters and Sanditon actress Kayleigh-Paige Rees had been cast in the lead roles.[12] Greenwood stated in an interview that one of her favourite directors is Mike Flanagan as she's a huge fan of horror films.[13] She was featured by Huffington Post in an article about the rise in behind-the-camera exploration for a generation of actors.[14]

Her first animation Dreary Days had its premiere at Enimation Film Festival, and her film Self-Charm is a co-production with Tallulah Films,[15] whose recent credits include Little Miss Sumo. Self-Charm is another film about mental health, with Bukky Bakray, the star of Rocks, as lead.[16]

Greenwood is the Director of London based production company Broken Flames Productions[17] which was announced on Yahoo Finance to be focusing on a slate of mental health-based projects[18] Greenwood works as a mental health advocate and was featured by Jejune Magazine for 'Writing The Script On Mental Health'.[19] She is an ambassador for leading teen mental health charity stem4[20] alongside BAFTA winning actress Georgina Campbell and Screen International Star of Tomorrow Rosie Day.[21]

She was awarded Positive Female Role Model of the Year at the Darkus Magazine 2020 Awards.[22]

References
  1. Grater, Tom (2020-07-14). "Melanie Walters & Kayleigh-Paige Rees Board UK Indie Pic 'Faulty Roots' About Teen Mental Health". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  2. stem7. "Ambassadors". stem4. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. "Ella Greenwood Talks New Projects, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain And What's Next". The Harlton Empire. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  4. "Revolutionizing the Conversation about Mental Health: Meet Filmmaker Ella Greenwood". Unpublished Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  5. "Get To Know Rising Young Acting Talent Ella Greenwood". That Moment In. 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  6. "British Actress Ella Greenwood Tells us About her Latest Films!". Miss O and Friends. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  7. Latoya (2020-08-31). "FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: 'Faulty Roots' creator Ella Greenwood". Filmotomy. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  8. "Tallgrass announces 2020 festival award winners". Tallgrass Film Association. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  9. "Faulty Roots(2020) | The Fan Carpet". www.thefancarpet.com. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  10. Bottomley, Jack J. (2020-03-10). "Faulty Roots short film review". UK Film Review. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  11. "Faulty Roots is to become a feature film". Film Stories. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  12. Grater, Tom (2020-07-14). "Melanie Walters & Kayleigh-Paige Rees Board UK Indie Pic 'Faulty Roots' About Teen Mental Health". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  13. Tardif, Jovin (2020-07-09). "Exclusive Interview with Ella Greenwood". What On What's Good. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  14. Bloodworth, Adam (2020-10-11). "Michaela Coel's Groundbreaking Work Is Inspiring Actors To Improvise During Covid". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  15. "Filmmaker Ella Greenwood campaigns for better mental health representation". Film Industry Network UK. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  16. Ramachandran, Naman (2020-12-01). "Bukky Bakray to Headline Ella Greenwood's Mental Health Film 'Self-Charm' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  17. "Broken Flames Productions". brokenflamesproductions.com. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  18. "Ella Greenwood is Building a Slate of Mental Health Based Projects to Promote Better Representation in the Media". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  19. "Ella Greenwood Writing The Script On Mental Health". Jejune Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  20. stem7. "Ambassadors". stem4. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  21. "Ella Greenwood is stem4's latest and youngest Ambassador". London TV. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  22. "Darkus Awards: 19-Year-old Filmmaker Ella Greenwood Awarded Positive Female Role Model Of The Year". Celluloid Junkie. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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