Ellie Foumbi

Ellie Foumbi is an award-winning Cameroonian American filmmaker and novelist. Her debut feature, Our Father, the Devil, premiered at the Venice Film Festival and went on to receive universal critical acclaim, including Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award Nominations. Filmmaker Magazine named her one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She’s currently in post-production with her sophomore film, FLEUR. Her debut novel, A New Kind of Clean, co-written with NYT Bestselling Author, Iain Reid, will be published by Simon and Schuster in the fall of 2026.