Ellen Thompson

Screenwriter, Playwright, Producer and Songwriter

Los Angeles, California

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December 2016

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About Ellen

Ellen Thompson is a comedy writer who comes from humble beginnings as an overly confident teenager in Central Pennsylvania winning awards for acting in community theater and going on to earn a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She remained steadfastly loyal to her acting craft for 20 years, by which time she was quite tired, so she decided to focus on writing relatable stories about smart women trying to find their place in the world. Ellen was tired because she contracted Lyme disease, which she battled from 2014-2022. Lyme Disease: The Musical, which she wrote about the experience, was a finalist in the ScreenCraft Stage Play Writing Competition, and the show’s premiere production in Los Angeles was nominated for seven awards. Ellen also won Acclaim TV’s Scriptwriting Contest for her sitcom pilot, was a finalist in the Moondance International Film Festival Screenplay Competition, and was in the top 15% in the Nicholl Fellowship.

Unique traits: cheerful, quirky, dependable

Gender:
Female

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"Pay Attention (For Lyme Disease Prevention)" Award-Winning Music Video - Comedic Lyme Disease Song

"Lyme Disease: The Musical" Nominated for 5 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards- New Dark Musical Comedy

Loglines

Hipster's Paradise Comedy In this half-hour comedy pilot, happily married couple Tom and Roja's picture-perfect life plunges into chaos when Tom’s 30-year-old struggling actress sister, Livy, moves in and takes up residence on their couch with her much younger friends, Spencer, a model, and Ian, an Art Garfunkel impersonator. WINNER Acclaim Scripts TV Pilot Competition. Official selection with staged readings at LA Scripted Comedy Festival and Cake Batter's Funny Women Festival.

Credits

Cryptogram (2013)
Film (Adventure, Mystery and Thriller) Actress An internet terrorist creates a computer source code based on the DNA of a junkie. The new code has the ability to mutate and adapt to any computer environment just like organisms can adapt. The terrorist must destroy any genetic remains on the junkie to keep the key to her code a secret. Her plan is to control the information infrastructure of the world. Mary Gilbert, head of the FBI Internet Investigations Division, her team and her maladroit nephew are on the case. Written by Anonymous
Maid of Honor (2013)
Film (Comedy and Short) Actress, Writer, Editor A bride-to-be meets her maid of honor for coffee and drops big news.
The Faces of LA (2012)
Television (Comedy) Actress Gary Lions moves from one LA neighborhood to the next and adapts the personas and clichés of each area.
Schooled (2012)
Film (Comedy and Short) Actress, Writer, Editor Add a Plot »
Count Jeff (2011)
Television (Comedy and Horror) Actress Vampires: Creatures of legend and myth. Dark. Sexy. Eternal. They control the shadows, haunt our dreams, rule the night... and apparently they also deliver. After an unexpected drunken on night stand with a truly 'bad girl,' regular guy Jeff Bryers is about to get his own taste of immortality. Waking up with two fresh puncture wounds on his neck, an unquenchable thirst for blood, and the inability to hold down a 'day' job, Jeff soon realizes that eternal life sucks... in a big way. It's one thing to be overweight, balding, and broke. It's another to be stuck that way for eternity! Written by Anonymous
9 to 9 (2009)
Film (Comedy and Short) Actress, Writer, Editor As an overworked Hollywood assistant, Karen (Ellen Thompson) puts up with long hours, an abusive boss (Sophie Drisko) and a sycophant co-worker (David Greenman). When Karen is denied a raise, she enlists a cheerful new co-worker (Joanna Kelly) to enact her revenge. Written by Violet Films
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Actress After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or not. Written by Huggo
Beauty Queens (2007)
Television (Comedy) Actress, Editor Life partners Blake and Christopher run a school that trains little girls for beauty pageants. Together, they just might save the world. Or at least train a winner.
Starmakers! (2007)
Television (Comedy) Actress, Editor A gay couple from West Hollywood opens a talent agency in a small Southern town.
North Mission Road (2006)
Television (Drama, Crime and Mystery) Actress Documentary style show that details "unique and compelling" cases of the Los Angeles County Coroner Department. The name of the show is based on the road on which the office of the Los Angeles County Coroner is located.
The Code (2004)
Film Actress, Editor An internet terrorist creates a computer source code based on the DNA of a junkie. The new code has the ability to mutate and adapt to any computer environment just like organisms can adapt. The terrorist must destroy any genetic remains on the junkie to keep the key to her code a secret. Her plan is to control the information infrastructure of the world. Mary Gilbert, head of the FBI Internet Investigations Division, her team and her maladroit nephew are on the case. Written by Anonymous
The Self-Destruction of Lauren Robbs (2003)
Film (Drama and Short) Actress Unsure of what to do with her life, a young woman moves in with her troublemaking friend and turns to hard drugs and shady men to deal with her aimlessness. Running low on hope and second chances, she must decide whether to live in the world she created or try to escape it. Written by Anonymous
A Pocket Full of Dreams (2001)
Film Actress An Indian family comes to America seeking the American dream and gets disillusioned along the way. Half the family winds up going back to India and the other half decides to stay. A story that shows not all is black and white, there is good and evil no matter where you are, it's what you make of it for yourself. Written by Anonymous