Ellen Fontana
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ellen Fontana (a.k.a. Erwin) grew up in a small seacoast town near
Boston, Massachusetts, migrated west to California, and received a
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of
California, Davis. Over the past twenty years, she has held various
positions in the motion picture industry and has developed, written and
produced a wide range of feature film and television projects. Most
recently, Ellen has worked with award winning Australian writer,
Tim Winton, adapting his beloved novel,
Cloudstreet (2011), into a 6 hour
mini-series, which premiered on Australian pay-TV May-June 2011.
Together with Tim Winton, Ellen was nominated
for an AACTA award for Best Screenplay in Television for Part 3 of
Cloudstreet (2011), and the
published book, "Cloudstreet: the Screenplay", by Tim Winton and Ellen
Fontana (Penguin), was awarded the 2011 Western Australian Premier's
Book Prize, Scripts Award (announced September 17, 2012).
Ellen is a N.Y. Times Best Selling co-author of the biography, "The Audrey Hepburn Treasures", and her latest work, "Audrey 100", featuring a collection of 100 photos selected by Audrey Hepburn's family, was published in November 2010. Ellen was also a contributing author on the cult classic, Que sait-on vraiment de la réalité!? (2004) companion book and edited "Dr. Quantum in The Grandfather Paradox", part of the series of children's books on quantum physics. Ellen Fontana has one daughter, Zoe-Ruth Erwin, and resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, Enzo Fontana, an Italian artist.
Ellen is a N.Y. Times Best Selling co-author of the biography, "The Audrey Hepburn Treasures", and her latest work, "Audrey 100", featuring a collection of 100 photos selected by Audrey Hepburn's family, was published in November 2010. Ellen was also a contributing author on the cult classic, Que sait-on vraiment de la réalité!? (2004) companion book and edited "Dr. Quantum in The Grandfather Paradox", part of the series of children's books on quantum physics. Ellen Fontana has one daughter, Zoe-Ruth Erwin, and resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, Enzo Fontana, an Italian artist.
