Ellen Simpson is an American writer. She is known for her work as story editor and social media writer for the web series Carmilla.[1] She also has published several novels with Ylva Publishing.[1] Simpson identifies as a lesbian.[2]
Career
editIn 2014, Simpson developed the web series Carmilla with Jordan Hall for SmokeBomb Entertainment.[3]
The series premiered on the Vervegirl (rebranded as 'KindaTV' as of January 2016) YouTube channel on August 19, 2014.[4]U by Kotex is the executive producer of the web series.[5] The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in Styria, Austria and is told through video journals (Vlogs) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2. In 2016, the series won a Canadian Screen Award as well as Rockie Award for Branded Content at the Banff World Media Festival.[6]
Simpson is currently a PhD student in the department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Costa, Daniela. "Carmilla: a web series with bite". Daily Xtra. Archived from the original (2014-11-25) on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ Staff, CURVE (2020-09-06). "Author Interview: Ellen Simpson". CURVE. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards - Academy". www.academy.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ Sam Gutelle (10 December 2014). "U By Kotex To Sponsor Another Season Of Vampire Web Series 'Carmilla'". Tubefilter.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Tampon Maker Finances Canadian Vampire Web Series. The Hollywood Reporter, October 17, 2014.
- ^ ago, Regan Reid 3 days. "Banff '16: Rockie Award Program Competition winners announced". Retrieved 2016-06-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ellen Simpson". College of Media, Communication and Information. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2022-10-27.