Ellie Foumbi is an actor/writer/director from Cameroon. She holds an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts in Directing. She’s a Student Academy Awards Semifinalist and nominated for an African Movie Academy Award. Her films have screened at several international film festivals. She is an alumna of New York Film Festival’s Artist Academy, Tribeca Film Institute, an Austin Screenplay Competition Semifinalist and was awarded the IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship. Ellie is also a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow. She made her TV directorial debut on BET’s hour-long hip-hop anthology, Tales.