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Ella Janes

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Biography

Ella Addison Janes (born April 25, 2006) is an American filmmaker. Her films are best known for her off-beat characters, disruptive timelines, and her preference for narration. Janes is a YoungArts Finalist in Film for 2021 and has been celebrated at student festivals around the world.

Known For

The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters
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The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters is the story of a ten-year-old boy, Amos, filled with a childlike curiosity about the world and a craving to understand all aspects of life. The film follows Amos' journey to understand his single, alcoholic father. He travels to a liquor store armed with his father's ID to buy alcohol, but no matter his determination to present himself as his father, everything keeps going wrong. Eventually, on his way home, he passes by a Sunday mass service and attends service to get drunk on the Communion wine. After tasting alcohol, meeting unlikely friends, and going on the journey of a lifetime, Amos has to decide whether or not he can find contempt in the incomprehension of his father's illness.

The Thrilling Adventure of Amos Waters

2025
The External-Internal Monologue of an Interdependent Insomniac
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A sleep-deprived filmmaker faces his insincerities by explaining his outlook on various smells.

The External-Internal Monologue of an Interdependent Insomniac

2023
The First 280 Honest Words of My life
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A 14-year-old writer must write a short composition to get accepted into a summer program. The writing must include a color, a fruit, and the rain. As she begins writing, she slowly begins challenging the ideas of honesty and her truth. A love letter to the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute.

The First 280 Honest Words of My life

Code Red
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Life in rural Oklahoma can be beautiful, filled with the freedom to roam and time to grow up slowly. Unless you are Kiara Folsom and your mother is incarcerated. With the small town knowing everyone’s business, Kiara finds safety in her one close friend. She builds a wall around the outside world that comes crashing down on her the day she gets her first period and the entire lunchroom is made aware of it. Code Red is the story of one young lady becoming a woman, all alone.

Code Red

2020
The Derivative Outlook on Love From the Perspective of Two Sixteen-Year-Olds
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Sixteen-year-olds Ameel and Estella love like adults, healthily and hard, but Estella craves the carefreeness and innocence of being sixteen.

The Derivative Outlook on Love From the Perspective of Two Sixteen-Year-Olds

Mr. Baxter
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A writer and her old English teacher, both equally set in their ideas, meet up for the first time in years and challenge each other to find themselves again.

Mr. Baxter

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A young woman must confront her abusive childhood as she unexpectedly journeys into motherhood.

Happiness in the Palm of Her Hand