Meet Ella

Stories are always where Ella has felt most at home. From being raised on the stage in local theater productions to mapping out screenplays via post-it notes on her bedroom wall, Ella has always adored getting lost in other worlds. This spring, Ella will receive her B.A. in Media Arts, with minors in Creative Writing and Computer Science, from the University of South Carolina. After graduating, she plans to move to Los Angeles and pursue her creative ambitions.

Ella has interned in creative development roles at Feigco Entertainment and Flynn Picture Co., both of which are leading production companies across entertainment. In May 2025, she was accepted into the '“Three Days in Cannes” program and attended the renowned Festival de Cannes. Between sitting in on the press conference for Partir un Jour (the festival’s opening film), enrolling in a Todd Haynes masterclass, and walking the red carpet at the premiere of Two Prosecutors, this experience was as eye-opening as it was invigorating. Later that summer, Ella traveled to LA to work as the First Assistant Director on Avery Cochrane’s “Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night” music video.

She is currently working on her senior thesis: a science-fiction screenplay exploring extreme meteorological phenomena, the space-time continuum, and the power of our connection to one another. Her previous work as a filmmaker and screenwriter has been recognized by the New York Script Awards, IndieX Film Festival, WorldFest-Houston, and the National YoungArts Foundation.

In every story she tells, Ella hopes to provoke introspection about who we are to each other, who we are to ourselves, and how these relationships weave themselves together. If there is one thing she has learned, it is that everything is interconnected, and stories are our way of attempting to understand our place within it all.