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Elina Street

Elina Street (she/her) is a French American director and writer based in New York City. Her storytelling focuses on the world of childhood with an emphasis on female and non-binary representation. Elina’s career began in the U.K., and her first documentary A Journey to the Circus was selected at the British Film Institute (B.F.I) and the BAFTA qualifying London Short Film Festival. She went on to direct fiction and her short narrative period piece, Alice and Lewis, starring Lollie McKenzie from West End’s Matilda the Musical has screened at over 20 festivals internationally. Elina moved to the U.S. to complete an MA in Film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and work as a Director and AD on TV Shows, feature films, and commercials. Her TV credits include The Sinner for Showtime, The Break With Michelle Wolf for Netflix, Gotham for HBO and her commercial credits include clients such as Nike, Meta, Shiseido, Audible, and Estée Lauder. She was a recent finalist for a commercial pitch for Lexus in ELLE Magazine where she explored gender and race stereotypes in ballet culture.

She co-directed the award-winning documentary campaign, The Lesbian Bar Project, alongside queer director Erica Rose, now a docu-series for The Roku Channel, starring and executive produced by Lea DeLaria. The project has received over 90 articles this year alone, with 1 billion impressions, and 79 press placements. It was awarded a GLAAD award in 2023 and was nominated at TRIBECA X in 2022 as well as Sundance Brand Storytelling in 2023.