ELLA GABRIEL
writer | actor | producer
As a writer, Ella has been commissioned and hired on several projects, ranging from the 30-minute short film 'Maggie Fincher' for UK-based St. Catherine Productions Ltd., to such features as comedy crime-caper 'The October Gang', produced by David Suchet, and wartime coming-of-age love story, Anne Frank & Me, with Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) attached in the lead role. Ella has co-written the story for the 5-Season TV series, 'Sabela Gold'', with Louverture Films (Joslyn Barnes & Danny Glover) spearheading development, and Ella's original screenplay, 'Here To Stay', an interracial first-love coming-of-age story set in small town America, was a semifinalist in both the 5th Annual Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship in 2018 and the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition in 2019. Ella's political thriller pilot, Close to the Bone, placed them in the top 25 finalists for the CBS Writers Mentoring Program.
Ella’s most recent work as an actor was in Nikolaj Arcel's 'The Dark Tower', adapted from Stephen King's magnum opus and starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Ella has also played a variety of lead and supporting roles in a myriad of award-winning theater productions, short films, music videos, and commercials. Follow #52StoryMinutes for weekly 1-minute scenes written by and starring Ella throughout 2018.
And in 2017, Ella produced their first indie feature, 'Hold Fast, Good Luck', starring Olivia Hamilton ('La La Land', 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot'), which is currently in its final stages of post-production.
As a writer, Ella has been commissioned and hired on several projects, ranging from the 30-minute short film 'Maggie Fincher' for UK-based St. Catherine Productions Ltd., to such features as comedy crime-caper 'The October Gang', produced by David Suchet, and wartime coming-of-age love story, Anne Frank & Me, with Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) attached in the lead role. Ella has co-written the story for the 5-Season TV series, 'Sabela Gold'', with Louverture Films (Joslyn Barnes & Danny Glover) spearheading development, and Ella's original screenplay, 'Here To Stay', an interracial first-love coming-of-age story set in small town America, was a semifinalist in both the 5th Annual Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship in 2018 and the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition in 2019. Ella's political thriller pilot, Close to the Bone, placed them in the top 25 finalists for the CBS Writers Mentoring Program.
Ella’s most recent work as an actor was in Nikolaj Arcel's 'The Dark Tower', adapted from Stephen King's magnum opus and starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. Ella has also played a variety of lead and supporting roles in a myriad of award-winning theater productions, short films, music videos, and commercials. Follow #52StoryMinutes for weekly 1-minute scenes written by and starring Ella throughout 2018.
And in 2017, Ella produced their first indie feature, 'Hold Fast, Good Luck', starring Olivia Hamilton ('La La Land', 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot'), which is currently in its final stages of post-production.