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Ella Jane New as of april 2021, is an American actress, Producer, Writer, Director.

Background
Ella Jane New was born in Barbados and raised in Uganda, Kenya, England and New York City. She is the daughter of Jayne and Stephen New. She has one sister and three brothers.

Education
Ella has an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London and is a writer and director based in New York City. She is known for Boardwalk Empire, The Global Village Project and Car Battery.

Career
After completing her MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London, Ella worked for a year at Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures, as a development  coordinator, reading and covering scripts.

Ella is a recipient of the Creative Minds Program at Sundance, where she developed her short script Car Battery; and a Women Makes Movies Fellow, for her documentary feature The Global Village Project, distributed by BBC Worldwide. Ella has written and directed short films, Earth Beneath My Feet and Sofie, winning Best Short at San Francisco Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival.

In theatre, Ella has directed Six Corners by Emmy winner Keith Huff (Mad Men, House of Cards, American Crime); Jack Feldstein's Three Months With Pook at SOHO Playhouse; Dellamort at The Slipper Room, and Chasing The River by Jean Dobie Geibel at Chain Theatre. Ella is the director of the Chain Playwriting Lab founded in 2019, which is supported by Chain Theatre and Department of Cultural Affairs NY. Ella is currently directing Falling In Love With Mr Dellamort, with Tony winning cast James Monroe Iglehart, Lena Halll and Jackie Hoffman.