Nathan Ellis

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Giles Smart
Assistant: Eden Stoppard

Film, TV & Theatre

Nathan Ellis is the writer of work.txt (★★★★★The Guardian), SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION, (★★★★★ Daily Mail), INSTRUCTIONS (Fringe First Award Winner)He is the Artistic Director of theatre company SUBJECT OBJECT. He has been a member of the Royal Court Invitation Writers' Supergroup, Channel 4 Screenwriting Group and the BBC Writers Room Drama Room.

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UNTITLED COMMISSION

Fifth Word Theatre

UNTITLED COMMISSION

Soho Theatre

SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION

Walker & Worm

Film adaptation

THE CUCKOO

Origin Pictures

TV series

KILL YOUR PARENTS

Wildcat Pictures

Original series

Television

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WHEN THEY ALL VANISH

Feline Films

Writers Room

Theatre

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INSTRUCTIONS

2025

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

INSTRUCTIONS

2024

Inside Out Theatre, Beijing

INSTRUCTIONS

2024

Edinburgh Fringe, Summerhall

*Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner

NACHTFLUG

2023

Climate Change Theatre Action

SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION

2023

Staatstheater Kassel, Germany

Dir. Manon Pfrunder

SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION

2022

Soho Theatre

Dir. Blanche McIntyre
5 stars - Daily Mail

WORK.TXT

2022

Soho Theatre, Summerhall, International Tour (Egypt, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands)

Written & Directed by Nathan Ellis
5 stars - The Guardian
*Best Theatre Adelaide Fringe
*Innovation Award Dublin Fringe

US IN THE PAST

2021

Climate Change Theatre Action at Schauspielhaus Graz, Váci Dunakanyar Theater

Short Play

STILL LIFE

2021

Nottingham Playhouse

A piece of digital theatre collecting untold stories from Nottingham.

WORK.TXT

2019 - 2020

Yard Theatre, Bunker Theatre, New Diorama Theatre, VAULT, Summerhall

Written & Directed by Nathan
4 stars - The Guardian
*Innovation Award Nominee at VAULT Festival 2020
*The short was chosen as one of six short plays out of nearly two thousand submissions to Pintsized in 2019

NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU

2018

Bunker Theatre; Pleasance, Edinburgh; Nottingham Playhouse and National Tour

Dir. Charlotte Fraser
Experimental play about alienation and insomnia.
“a strikingly mature work.” -​ The Stage, 4 stars