ELLA SCHAEFER is a multi-hyphenate originally from Niceville, FL--yep, real place. After heading to LA from Florida State University, an agent told Ella she had a face for comedy, so she took her funny face to UCB, Groundlings and iO to improvise and write.

Ella has since starred on network television shows like CRIMINAL MINDS, LOITER SQUAD and CONAN, professionally developed and sold feature film scripts, and written and directed shorts of her own. She has recently partnered with Reel One Entertainment and Fireside Pictures to write romcom features, and her debut sapphic romcom novel, The Christmas Pic, was the 2024 Lesfic Bard Award winner for Best New Author. 

Ella’s brain trends toward wildly imaginative premises grounded in the reality of funny, fucked-up female protagonists who are fundamentally failing to flourish (She's also addicted to alliteration).

Aside from her filmmaking pursuits, Ella is a professional photographer and has managed social media marketing efforts for high profile clients like astronaut Michael Collins. After work, you can find her reading her own low-performing tweets or watching tennis even though she's literally never played a day in her life.