Michelle Ehlen
Michelle Ehlen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, actress |
| Notable work | Butch Jamie |
Michelle Ehlen is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress best known for her comedic feature Butch Jamie.
Career
[edit]Michelle is a graduate of The Los Angeles Film School where she studied writing and directing.[1] She wrote, directed, and acted in the short film Half Laughing which broadcast on Logo[2] and is on The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival DVD.[3] Butch Jamie is Ehlen's first feature film. Openly lesbian herself,[4] she wrote, directed, and starred in the movie as a butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film.[1] She won the 2007 Outfest Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" for her performance.[5]
Filmography
[edit]- Maybe Someday (2022) as Jay (also writer/director/producer)
- S&M Sally (2015) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer)
- Heterosexual Jill (2013) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer)
- Butch Jamie (2007) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer)[1]
- Half Laughing (2003) as Evie (also writer/director/producer)[6]
- The Breast of Times (2003) (director)[6]
- Ballet Diesel (2002) as Ballet Diesel (also writer/director/producer)[6]
See also
[edit]- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Butch Jamie: Crew". Ballet Diesel Films. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ "The Click List: Best in Short Films: Half Laughing". Viacom. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ "Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival". Wolfe Video. Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ Gilchrist, Tracy E. (October 29, 2007). "Butch Jaime's Michelle Ehlen". GayWired.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ "Outfest The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival". Outfest. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Past Projects". Ballet Diesel Films. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American people of German descent
- American film actresses
- Film directors from Los Angeles
- American women film directors
- American women screenwriters
- American lesbian actresses
- American LGBTQ screenwriters
- American lesbian artists
- American LGBTQ film directors
- Lesbian screenwriters
- American lesbian writers
- 21st-century American women writers