Genre Film Director
Ella Grace Rodriguez is a genre film director from Winter Park, Florida. She is a fifth-generation Floridian and Cuban American.
Her latest genre film SIREN SALON, was screened at multiple festivals, including Camerimage, the Academy Award Qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival, NFFTY, and winner of Best Cinematography and Award of Excellence for Advanced Student Shorts at Catalina Film Festival.
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Ultimately, Ella Grace gravitates to direct narratives that explore self-discovery, courage, and kindness against the backdrops of historical fiction, mythological, and fantasy worlds. In other words, she aspires to take adventurous audiences on immersive journeys to help uncover ways to make the real adventures in life – the good and the bad – all the more meaningful.
Ella Grace works at DreamWorks Animation in Post Production. She is a USC Cinematic Arts alumna, a George Lucas Family Foundation Scholar, and has interned at Pixar Animation Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery.​
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