Green Shirt Studio

Instructor

George Ellzey Jr.

Instructor

George is a native Chicago director, screenwriter, and producer most known for his award-winning experimental film, SWITCHIN’, featured on NBC5 Chicago and now streaming on OTV Open Television. His work has been screened nationally and internationally at such festivals as Athens International Film Festival, Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, London International Web & Shorts Film Festival (UK), and many more. Recently graduated from DePaul University with his MFA in Directing for Film & Television, George’s thesis film,  Cottage Grove,  was a finalist for the Camera Ambassador Community Grant (2022) and the BlueCat Screenplay Competition (2022) and recently won three awards at the DePaul Premiere Festival. He is driven to explore the oft-ignored narratives of minorities in film, specifically focusing on the black male experience. Above all, George crafts simple stories with complex layers.