Ellen Ugelstad

BIOGRAPHIE

Ellen Ugelstad is Norwegian filmmaker living in Oslo. She studied philosophy and anthropology at the University of Oslo, before she moved to California and received a BFA in film. Her work often explores the thin line between sanity and insanity, the hierarchy of power and explores different forms of reality. Her debut Indian Summer is an example of this investigation. This film tells the story of her younger brother living with schizophrenia - a poetic portrait of a young man's struggle for his own dignity and search for freedom. Indian Summer was nominated for the International Young Talent Award at DOK Leipzig and Nordic Dox Award at CPH:DOX and received two nominations at the Norwegian “Emmy-Award” called Gullruten. In the awardwinning short film “The Meetingroom” she explores the lines between documentary and fiction. Her recent work includes the filmessay Making Sense Together which investigates the relationship between power and powerlessness in psychiatry. The awardwinning shortfilm The Green Valley was longlisted for the Oscars. She is also a recepient of a five-year workgrant from the Norwegian Art Council.

FILMOGRAPHIE