Michelle Ehlen
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Michelle Ehlen is a filmmaker and actress best known for her comedic feature Butch Jamie
.
and is on The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival DVD. Butch Jamie
is Ehlen's first feature film. Openly
lesbian
herself, she wrote, directed, and starred in the movie as a butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. She won the 2007 Outfest
Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" for her performance.
Butch Jamie
Butch Jamie is a gender-bending comedy film that premiered in July 2007 at Outfest: the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Writer, director, and lead actress Michelle Ehlen won Outfest's Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film." The film was produced independently...
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Career
Michelle is a graduate of The Los Angeles Film School where she studied writing and directing. She wrote, directed, and acted in the short film Half Laughing which broadcast on LogoLogo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
and is on The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival DVD. Butch Jamie
Butch Jamie
Butch Jamie is a gender-bending comedy film that premiered in July 2007 at Outfest: the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Writer, director, and lead actress Michelle Ehlen won Outfest's Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film." The film was produced independently...
is Ehlen's first feature film. Openly
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
herself, she wrote, directed, and starred in the movie as a butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film. She won the 2007 Outfest
Outfest
Outfest is an LGBT-oriented film showcase and festival in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1982 as the "Gay and Lesbian Media Festival and Conference", the name was changed to Outfest in 1994.-Programs:...
Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" for her performance.
Filmography
- Butch Jamie (2007) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer)
- Half Laughing (2003) as Evie (also writer/director/producer)
- The Breast of Times (2003) (director)
- Ballet Diesel (2002) as Ballet Diesel (also writer/director/producer)