Elena Ruscombe-King

Screenwriter

Elena Ruscombe-King is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, originally from Dartmoor. She is a graduate of the NFTS (MA Screenwriting) and Goldsmiths College (BA Media and Modern Literature, specialising in Screenwriting). While at the NFTS, Elena collaborated on several shorts including A Love Story which went on to win the BAFTA for British Short Animation, as well as the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award, the Cilect Student Animation award among others; while Spaghetti Junction screened at festivals worldwide including Northwest, Anibar and 3D Wire.

Since graduating, she has worked primarily in live-action features, including Hitchhikers (BAFTA-winner Chris Hees and BAFTA-nominated Millie Marsh producing, Sam MacMullan to direct) inspired by her real-life experiences of growing up in Dartmoor. Her second feature, Other Lives, a sci-fi co-written with BAFTA Breakthrough Mdhamiri Á Nkemi is currently in development with Privateer Pictures, Myf Hopkins and Fiona Lamptey to co-produce. The Witches, a historical psychological horror co-written with director Joe Marcantonio (Kindred) is also in development.

She is also currently a visiting tutor at the NFTS on the MA Animation course. Elena's work combines genre with a naturally grounded approach to character and a strong emphasis on visual story-telling, bringing nuance and a British twist to conceptually heightened ideas.