{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Michelle Ehlen | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter, actress | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = Butch Jamie }}

'''Michelle Ehlen''' is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress best known for her comedic feature ''Butch Jamie''.

==Career== Michelle is a graduate of The Los Angeles Film School where she studied writing and directing.<ref name="bjcrew"/> She wrote, directed, and acted in the short film ''Half Laughing'' which broadcast on Logo<ref name="half-laughing"/> and is on ''The Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival'' DVD.<ref name="ulsff"/> ''Butch Jamie'' is Ehlen's first feature film. Openly lesbian herself,<ref name="gaywired"/> she wrote, directed, and starred in the movie as a butch lesbian actress who gets cast as a man in a film.<ref name="bjcrew"/> She won the 2007 Outfest Grand Jury Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" for her performance.<ref name="outfest"/>

==Filmography== * ''Maybe Someday'' (2022) as Jay (also writer/director/producer) * ''S&M Sally'' (2015) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer) * ''Heterosexual Jill'' (2013) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer) * ''Butch Jamie'' (2007) as Jamie (also writer/director/producer)<ref name="bjcrew"/> * ''Half Laughing'' (2003) as Evie (also writer/director/producer)<ref name="bdpast"/> * ''The Breast of Times'' (2003) (director)<ref name="bdpast"/> * ''Ballet Diesel'' (2002) as Ballet Diesel (also writer/director/producer)<ref name="bdpast"/>

== See also == * List of female film and television directors * List of lesbian filmmakers * List of LGBT-related films directed by women

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="bjcrew">{{Cite web|url=http://www.butchjamie.com/crew |title=Butch Jamie: Crew |publisher=Ballet Diesel Films |accessdate=May 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708105155/http://www.butchjamie.com/crew |archivedate=July 8, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="half-laughing">{{Cite web|url=http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/short_films/details.jhtml?cid=1528878|title=The Click List: Best in Short Films: Half Laughing|publisher=Viacom|accessdate=May 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526050627/http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/short_films/details.jhtml?cid=1528878|archivedate=May 26, 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="ulsff">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolfevideo.com/products.asp?R=434&id=1067 |title=Ultimate Lesbian Short Film Festival |publisher=Wolfe Video |accessdate=May 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414163204/http://www.wolfevideo.com/products.asp?R=434&id=1067 |archivedate=April 14, 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="gaywired">{{Cite news |title=Butch Jaime's Michelle Ehlen|date=October 29, 2007|first=Tracy E.|last=Gilchrist|website=GayWired.com|url=http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?id=17069&section=67|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526080244/http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?id=17069&section=67|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2008|accessdate=May 24, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="outfest">{{Cite web|url=http://www.outfest.org/winners/film.comp.07.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120520005113/http://www.outfest.org/winners/film.comp.07.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2012 |title=Outfest The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival |publisher=Outfest |accessdate=May 24, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="bdpast">{{Cite web|url=http://www.balletdiesel.com/pastprojects|title=Past Projects|publisher=Ballet Diesel Films|accessdate=May 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707205720/http://www.balletdiesel.com/pastprojects|archivedate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1615954|name=Michelle Ehlen}} * [http://www.balletdiesel.com Production Company Site] * [http://www.butchjamie.com Butch Jamie Official Site]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ehlen, Michelle}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:American people of German descent Category:American film actresses Category:Film directors from Los Angeles Category:American women film directors Category:American women screenwriters Category:American lesbian actresses Category:American LGBTQ screenwriters Category:American lesbian artists Category:American LGBTQ film directors Category:Lesbian screenwriters Category:American lesbian writers Category:21st-century American women writers