Director

London

Portrait of director Mara Ellison

Mara Ellison

Mara Ellison

Mara Ellison

Director

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Brand film · Documentary

Mara started as a documentary camera operator and still shoots like one — patient, close and unscripted. Her brand films have screened at Berlin, Kinsale and Ciclope.

Recognition

  • Kinsale Sharks — Silver, 2026

  • Ciclope — Shortlist, 2026

  • Berlin Commercial — Nominee, 2025

Selected work

A traveller with a suitcase walks past a lit hotel entrance on a wet street at nightBrand Film · 2.39:1

The Long Light

2026Halden Hotels · Mara Ellison
Four friends on a cliff edge, one holding a red flare trailing smoke over the seaBrand Film · 2.39:1

Wildfire

2025Northfold · Mara Ellison
The Coastline Keepers — Shoreline TrustDocumentary · 16:9

The Coastline Keepers

2024Shoreline Trust · Mara Ellison

Representation

hello@framedept.studio

hello@framedept.studio

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Portrait of director Kenji Arai on set

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