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Linda Ellman
Los Angeles
Producer/Director
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Title/Occupation:  Director  Producer 
Services Provided:  Broadcast Network  Equipment Rental 
Gender: Female
Race: Caucasian/White
Citizenship: American

Brief Message to Members: 

Ellman Entertainment is a full service production company. We direct, produce and edit all forms on non-fiction programming. Linda Ellman's documentary: "On Native Soil: The Documentary of the 911 Commission Report" was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination. Lionsgate purchased the rights. It can be seen on DVD, through Netflix and on MSNBC. We are currently seeking funding for a new doc called: JOCK. JOCK brings a little known chapter of horse racing history to life. It's a story-rich documentary
about the first generation of female jockeys who overcame sexual harassment, ridicule and life threatening compromises to wage a gallant fight for the right to ride in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Jock is a documentary where gender, age and passion collide when eight retired female jockeys saddle up one last time and attempt to go from retirement all the way to the winner’s circle....in a history making horse race.

Biography: 

Filmmaker Linda Ellman is a three-time Emmy Award-winning veteran of television news and entertainment, with more than 30 years of experience. In 1991, she broke into syndicated television as Supervising Producer for Entertainment Tonight, moving on at Paramount in 1995 to Executive produce Hard Copy.

Under the banner of her 12 year old production company, Ellman Entertainment, Linda has produced, directed, written or consulted on programs for Paramount Television, Lifetime Television, Discovery, E!, MSNBC, and 20th Television, to name a few. Linda credits her 13 years as a producer for NBC Network News and her many years of local news experience with building the foundation for her success.

Linda’s ability to craft compelling stories out of mounds of material is one of her strongest suits. She produced and directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary On Native Soil: The Documentary of the 9/11 Commission Report, which was short-listed for an Oscar nomination.

As a seasoned biographer she produced Lifetime Intimate portraits on such notable women as Sherry Lansing, Sharon Osborne and Audrey Hepburn as well as biographical reels for Carol Bayer Sager, the Zimmer Children’s Museum and Jewish Vocational Services.