Eleri B. Jones

Eleri B. Jones is a Welsh theatre and film director, born and raised between Llangollen and Chester. She achieved a full scholarship to the University of Manchester where she studied Drama and Screen Studies, resulting in a 1st Class Degree, before being accepted as a Leverhulme Scholar onto the MA in Screen Acting at Drama Centre, London. After seven years working as a professional actor and workshop leader, Eleri moved into directing, mentored by BAFTA winning director Carol Wiseman and was selected as one of the first two recipients of the Traineeship for Directors in Wales at Theatr Clwyd, supported by the Carne Trust and Sir Ian McKellen. Eleri’s previous directing credits include the Women Rediscovered Film Series (written by Emyr John for Theatr Clwyd/NE Wales Archives), Sprinkles (written by Katie Elin-Salt for Dirty Protest), A Christmas Carol (devised from the original text by Eleri & Laura Marie Donnelly for the Charles Dickens Museum) and Gwyl Gaeaf (written by Rebecca Wilson for the Once Upon a Christmas Series, Theatr Clwyd).

Eleri also works as a 1st AD, and has recently finished shooting on the Theatr Clwyd/Rondo Media production of Tim Price’s Isla for BBC 4, directed by Tamara Harvey.