Ellen Havenith is a creative and committed producer with a preference for inspiring, challenging, sincere stories and filmmakers. With her company PRPL she focuses on idiosyncratic fiction films for an inclusive and international (genre) audience.
PRPL’s award-winning films premiered at the Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno, Tribeca and Rotterdam film festivals. Four films were national entries for the Academy Awards and THE PARADISE SUITE (Joost van Ginkel) won three Golden Calves, including Best Film.
Ellen took courses such as European Co-Production: Legal and Financial Aspects at the Erich Pommer Institut and Story Editing by Franz Rodenkirchen at the Binger Filmlab. In 2010 she participated in the Rotterdam Producers Lab and in 2012 in the prestigious EAVE – European Producers Workshop. In 2015 she was chosen to represent the Netherlands as Producer on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected as a participant in the producers program Atelier du Cinéma Européen (ACE). Ellen is a member of the European Film Academy.