The Road Home
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2004
Logline
A comedic drama about the strained relationship between a Chinese American daughter and her immigrant father who is struggling with the early signs of Alzheimers.
Ellie Lee
Director
Ellie is a director of documentary, fiction, and animated films that have screened in over 100 festivals worldwide. Her animated documentary, REPETITION COMPULSION, premiered in the 1998 Berlin Film Festival and aired on PBS’ P.O.V. It was nominated for Best Short by the 1998 International Documentary Association and for a 1998 National Emmy Award. Her fiction short, DOG DAYS, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand and won top awards at the 2000 Hamptons and Florida Film Festivals. Both shorts can currently be seen on the Independent Film Channel. She has received 25 international awards, and is a 2004 Rockefeller/Ford Foundation Media Arts Fellow. She is currently directing documentary episodes of a new PBS children’s series, POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER, and is also in development on her documentary feature, MATCH (in collaboration with filmmaker Amy Goodman). A graduate of Harvard University, Ellie was born in Hong Kong and raised in Boston, where she currently resides.
Diana Williams
Producer
Diana Williams has produced critically acclaimed narrative films such as Our Song (directed by Jim McKay), the mock-documentary The Love Machine (directed by Gordon Eriksen), Piggie (co-written and directed by Alison Bagnall), and Nice Guys Sleep Alone (based on the best selling book by Bruce Fierstein, directed by Stu Pollard), and award-winning documentaries, including the Emmy©-winning Sylvia Drew Ivie, and the Cine-Golden Eagle winning Another First Step. Williams has been a nominee for the Motorola Producer Award by the IFP/West Spirit Awards. She is the founder of Exit 5 Entertainment (E5E), a New York based production company. Williams is currently on the Board of Advisors for Stellar Network, a filmmaker organization based in NY and National Video Resources. She has served as an advisor or programming consultant to numerous film festivals including the New York International Latino Film Festival, AFI Silver Doc, and HBO Aspen Comedy Fest. A graduate of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, Williams began her career in Los Angeles as a DGA Assistant Director.