Ellen Thompson
Ellen Thompson is an award-winning screenwriter and producer and an award-nominated musical playwright. She wrote the lyrics for and produced an award-winning comedic music video, “Pay Attention (for Lyme Disease Prevention),” and she wrote the book and lyrics for and produced Lyme Disease: The Musical at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles, CA in 2022. The production was nominated for five Broadway World Los Angeles Awards and was runner-up for Best New Play or Musical.
When Ellen’s mother, Victoria Thompson, was battling cancer, she realized she wasn’t going to be able to finish writing City of Promises, so she asked Ellen and her sister, Lisa, who are both writers, if one of them would finish writing it for her. After Victoria passed away in 2024, Ellen finished City of Promises, and she is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue to connect with her mom and to carry on her legacy.
Ellen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and she was an actor for nearly thirty years. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and their pets, and she advocates for Lyme and other tick-borne disease awareness.
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Awards for “Pay Attention (for Lyme Disease Prevention)”
2021 Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Merit: PSA
2021 Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Merit: Educational/Instructional
2021 Best Shorts Competition Award of Merit: PSA
2021 Best Shorts Competition Award of Merit: Educational/Instructional
Award Nominations for Lyme Disease: The Musical
2023 Stage Craft Stage Play Writing Competition Finalist
2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Award for Best New Play or Musical Runner-Up
2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Award: Best Ensemble Performance
2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Award: Best Direction of a Musical (Robert Glen Decker)
2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Award: Best Performer in a Musical (Todd Risenmay)
2022 Broadway World Los Angeles Award: Best Supporting Performer in a Musical (Zozo Chen-Wernik) (Runner Up)
2022 Robby Award: and Best Costume Design (Ellen Thompson)
2022 Robby Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Todd Risenmay)
Other Awards & Achievements
2018-2019 Filmmakers Magazine 1st TV Script Writing Competition Quarterfinalist, You’re the Worst Spec (“Topless in Eagle Rock”)
2015 Acclaim TV Scriptwriting Contest – Pilot/Movie of the Week Winner: Hipster’s Paradise
2014 Funny Women Festival Selection, Los Angeles, CA – Staged Reading: Hipster’s Paradise
2013 L.A. Improv Comedy Festival Selection, Los Angeles, CA – Staged Reading: Hipster’s Paradise
2007 La Femme Film Festival Screenplay Finalist: Anna Begins
2006 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Top 15%: Ronnie & Starr
2005 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalist: Ronnie & Starr