Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersIndependent Spirit AwardsWomen's History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Gena Ellis(I)

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Producer
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Gena Ellis
Some people sing to their own tune. Even when they're singing someone else's song.

 Violet Annie Getty seems to have a secret admirer, but she sings to her own tune, including when she's singing someone else's song and waitressing. And that's just fine with her in this family-friendly dark comedy with lots of pet romping. (Apologies to Bon Jovi).

Stuck@Home 48 Hour Global Film Project, April 2020.

Filmed and edited with my cracked Samsung Note 9. Co-starring Gena Ellis with my 7 four-legged family and friends. #solocrew 

Dedicated to my filmmaker daughter, Ursula Ellis, and her partner Emerson Nosek, who are Stuck@Home in L.A. And to River and Ruffles, their four-legged family.
Play demo reel5:49
She's Halfway There
3 Videos
19 Photos
Gena (Taylor) Ellis grew up at Summersville Lake in West Virginia going to the movies every Friday night and listening to her Appalachian family tell stories around the dinner table.

She is a writer and wrote the drama, Angela's Decision, on Amazon Prime, plus wrote the companion book on Amazon, Angela's Decision: A Journey of Adaptation. The hybrid book of memoir and fiction contains the original script. Both film and book have been used in university film classes. Gena has also taught screenwriting at college level and seminars at film fests.

Gena writes multi-genre scripts and had a Christmas romance optioned by network. She also specializes in writing adaptations of novels and short stories, to include period piece.

Gena has co-produced, including two of her filmmaker daughter's films. She has been a background actor on many shows and films, mainly in Chicago, WV and Nashville.
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • Unlock contact info on IMDbPro
  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination

Photos19

Director Pat Rasberry and Committee member Tina Lutz present Ron Tibbett Best of Show to Gena.
Gena Ellis and Natalie Canerday at George Lindsey Film Festival.
Rosa and The Black Tulip Script Awards
Gena Ellis
The Greenbrier in West Virginia
Paul Carafotes, Andrew Hunt, Gena Ellis at Garden State Film Festival.
The Greenbrier-West Virginia
The Greenbrier-West Virginia
The Greenbrier-West Virginia
The Greenbrier-West Virginia
The Greenbrier-WV
The Greenbrier-WV

Known for

Angela's Decision (2006)
Angela's Decision
6.7
  • Writer
  • 2006
Bite Size Halloween (2020)
Bite Size Halloween
6.1
TV Series
  • Location Management
William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
Shameless
8.6
TV Series
  • Commuter(uncredited)
David Eigenberg, Christian Stolte, Eamonn Walker, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Kara Killmer, and Miranda Rae Mayo in Chicago Fire (2012)
Chicago Fire
8.0
TV Series
  • Bystander
  • Driver
  • Neighborhood Bar Patron
  • Pedestrian(uncredited)

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • Christmas at the Greenbrier (2022)
    Christmas at the Greenbrier
    • Hotel Guest
    • 2022
  • She's Halfway There (2020)
    She's Halfway There
    • Violet Annie Getty
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere in Nashville (2012)
    Nashville
    • Concert Goer (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Bad Johnson (2014)
    Bad Johnson
    • Aunt Judy
    • 2014
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    • Commuter (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Doubt
    • Lawyer
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3 (2013)
    Dhoom 3
    • Circus patron, business woman
    • 2013
  • Henry Thomas and Hannah Ware in Betrayal (2013)
    Betrayal
    • Inn Patron (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Underemployed (2012)
    Underemployed
    • Funeral Attendee
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • David Eigenberg, Christian Stolte, Eamonn Walker, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Kara Killmer, and Miranda Rae Mayo in Chicago Fire (2012)
    Chicago Fire
    • Bystander
    • Driver
    • Neighborhood Bar Patron (uncredited) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Kelsey Grammer in Boss (2011)
    Boss
    • Neighbor
    • Protester (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    • Chicago Pedestrian (uncredited)
    • 2011
  • Mystic Swirl
    • Lady
    • Short
    • 2007

Writer

  • She's Halfway There (2020)
    She's Halfway There
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Angela's Decision (2006)
    Angela's Decision
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Fay in the Life of Dave (2006)
    Fay in the Life of Dave
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2006

Producer

  • She's Halfway There (2020)
    She's Halfway There
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Michael Esper and Allie Gallerani in For George on His 30th Birthday (2018)
    For George on His 30th Birthday
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Rebeca Robles in Crick in the Holler (2017)
    Crick in the Holler
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Angela's Decision (2006)
    Angela's Decision
    • co-producer (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Fay in the Life of Dave (2006)
    Fay in the Life of Dave
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2006
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos3

She's Halfway There
Demo Reel 5:49
She's Halfway There
Fay In The Life of Dave
Full Movie 7:54
Fay In The Life of Dave
Mystic Swirl
Trailer 1:31
Mystic Swirl

Personal details

Edit
  • Official sites
    • Multiple media platform/Gena in General.
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Children
    • Ursula Ellis
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies

Self-verified on IMDbPro

  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Female

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Gena adapted Alexandre Dumas' novel The Black Tulip into the feature script, Rosa and The Black Tulip. The script had a Live Read at Toronto's Female Eye Film Festival 2016 and won Second Place for Best Screenplay. The script is a finalist in the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, TinselTown Productions and Honolulu Film Awards. It's a Semi-finalist in the Williamsburg International Film Festival and official selection for the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival.
  • Quotes
    My OU thesis is the gift that keeps on giving.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.