Ellie Kanner

Ellie Kanner has worked in the entertainment industry as a talent agent, casting director, producer, writer and director. She has applied her talents over a span of genres including romantic comedy, comedic thriller, mockumentary, drama and action. After a successful casting career, casting over 30 pilots including, Friends and Sex and the City, Ellie transitioned into directing. She directed several episodes of television, Boston Legal, Wildfire and Greek, among others. Ellie then moved into directing indie films which include Crazylove, Authors Anonymous, Wake and For the Love of Money. All received worldwide distribution. Dropping The Soap is a short form series that Ellie directed and executive produced which earned Jane Lynch an Emmy and can be found on Prime Video. Ellie began directing Hallmark movies and following that, she co-wrote, co-produced and directed Discovery+'s first holiday scripted movie, Candy Coated Christmas. Most recently, Ellie directed the tubi comedy, Spread, which will air in the Spring. She is currently developing several features, based on novels, along with tv movies and series.