Artistic Statement

“My artistic vision is stimulated by a creative and personal need to discover new aesthetic approaches, expand my own artistic vocabulary and explore the boundaries of what it is to make art. I want my work to be challenging not for its own sake, but to question and  examine the very essence of our human experience."

BIO

Juliet ellis is a film director, actor, performance artist and theatre maker. She has worked continuously as an interdisciplinary artist to produce a number of award winning works. Her work has toured extensively and her films have been screened at international film festivals including London, Obenhausen, South Africa and the US. Juliet is an alumni of the prestigious Bingerlab in Amsterdam and the Toronto Independent Film Festival talent lab. 

She has been commissioned by the BFI, UK Film Council, B3 MEDIA Blank Slate, Creative England, Arts Admin, Live Art Development agency, Arts Council England and ACE’s BRIT (Black Regional Initiative in Theatre), and was awarded Black Progress Trust Award for contribution to Arts and Media.

Writer, Director. Ruby. Feature Film.

Director. Bit By Bit. Script Development.  
BFI Development Fund. Creative England Development Fund

Director. Blue. Short Film.

DIRECTOR. Bro9. Short Film.
Commissioned by the uk film council AND b3 media. 
LIFF. Sithengi. Brit Spotting. Obenhausen. IFCT. Encounters. TIFF. British Councils Best Short Films Compilations. 

Director. Hinterland. Music Promo.
Lonelady for Warp Records

Director. Bunkerpop. Music Promo. 
Lonelady for Warp Records
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2015

Director. Amsterdam. Theater Production. 
Podium Mosaiek Amsterdam. Contact Theatre.
International Tour

Director. Somewhere the Shadow. Theater Production.
co-DIRECTOR with john e McGrath. Contact Theatre.

Director. The Blacks. Theater Production. 
Manchester Capitol Theatre

Director. Worlds Apart. Theater Production. 
Commissioned by Red Ladder Theatre Company.
National Tour

Director. Bro 9. Theater Production. 
MEN Winner Best Theatre Design, Best Fringe Performer. Commissioned by the Contact Theatre

Director. The Root of IT. Theater Production. 
New Found Theatre Company. performed at Soho Theatre, London. Commissioned by Arts Council England

Director. Twilight. multi-media production.
co-produced by Contact Theatre and Nitro

Director. Hydroponic. Theater Production 
commissioned by Soho Theatre and Reading Arts

Director. BBC’s young writers programme

Director. Flip The Script. Contact Theatre
supported by the BBC

Director. Flipfest. Contact Theatre
Showcase of emerging writing talent

Director. Autobiography in 5 Chapters. Performance art Piece. Conceived/devised at greenroom Manchester Art Centre. Commissioned by Arts Council England and ArtsAdmin

Director. A Hurricane is Coming. Performance art
Greenroom Manchester Art Centre. National Review of Live Art. 

Director. Under My Skin.
Commissioned by Contact Theatre. National Review of Live Art.

Director. Silent Sermon. Performance Art
Future Factory. a season of interdisciplinary Arts.