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Ellen Bittner

@ellen.bittner

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🎬 Producer/Director ✂️ Editor
✨ Founder @selectstudioco
📍 Los Angeles, CA
👟 Also enjoys running and lifting

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Newest ultramarathon documentary is live now! Link in bio

#LT100Run #ultramarathon #trailrunning #documentary taken in Leadville, Colorado by @ellen.bittner

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Documentary filmmaker turned trail runner turned @ironmilesco stan. Here’s a bit about me! Stay tuned for updates on the release of our Leadville 100 documentary, behind the scenes clips and of course trail running ❤️ by @ellen.bittner

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Nothing like getting a well deserved talking to from your runner…. The last aid was rough. We were rushed, panicked, and not at all the calm and confident crew Blake needs for a 100 mile race. @ironmilesco I don’t know how you keep your cool like this when you have every reason to be completely pissed. But that’s probably what makes you the runner that you are. Respect. #LT100Run #ultrarunning by @ellen.bittner

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Some behind the scenes moments from filming the latest #LT100RUN documentary this summer.

Leadville: Road to Redemption has already surpassed our views on the previous ultra doc and I’m just so relieved. I’m also happy, but you learn not to put too much emotion into into a single project. I make what I make and I hope it lands with others, but sometimes it doesn’t and that can absolutely crush you.

I have a pretty high standard and it can be tough just to say this is good enough and call it finished. All the phone calls, texts, DM’s, driveway chats with my neighbors (yes) and general feedback we’ve had the last three days since we hit publish have been super encouraging.

The biggest thing standing in my way has always been perfection. Once I let that go and started actually making movies with the tools I had in the time I had with literally no money, I started gaining traction.

Thanks everyone for your support along the way. My goal is always to make movies I’d want to watch: fast, fun, a little dramatic, and definitely some tears by the end. Hope you enjoy, more to come 🫶🏻 by @ellen.bittner

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@mommyb224 and I just get each other. bts clip from our first Kodiak project in 2024. Leadville doc drops TOMORROW 10/9 @ 4pm! by @ellen.bittner

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Here’s where our journey started.

As a documentary filmmaker, I’m always looking for a good story. When @ironmilesco told me he was running a hundred miles, I had so many questions. And that’s how I knew this was interesting. How many other people have never heard of this? How many were also wondering how he sleeps, eats… Takes a sh*t in the middle of the woods?!

Problem was I hadn’t picked up a camera in some time. I had been working professionally as an editor and producer, so I was cutting other people’s footage and directing DP’s on set. Making my own movies again really intimidated me.

But I’m so glad I did it anyway.

This was some of my original footage from that 2024 @kodiak_ultramarathons race. I used an outdated Sony a6000 with kit lense and my iPhone to make a mini series. The next year, I showed up ready to film and that experience turned into our first documentary, CHASING SUB 24. And this year? We went to @leadvilleraceseries with a three cameras, pro audio, and a drone.

The next doc is on its way, this Friday 10/9 @4pm Pacific. taken in Big Bear Lake, California by @ellen.bittner

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Long run carb count 56g/hr by @ellen.bittner

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When you have a cat on set by @ellen.bittner

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One of my favorite pastimes has always been gassing up my aunt @mommyb224 but for real let’s get her on the red carpet a hot new bombshell has entered the villa #hollywoodcalling #momsknowbest #realhousemomsofultra by @ellen.bittner

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Introducing @ironmilesco the subject of our upcoming #LT100Run documentary.

Blake began on the road and quickly fell in love with the trail, signing up for his first 100 before he’d even finished a marathon.

@leadvilleraceseries marks his fourth 100 mile attempt, with two previous finishes and one previous DNF at the distance. Blake went to the start line ready to face the close to 50/50 odds of a DNF, prepared for the challenges not only of distance but also of high elevation.

The race begins at 4am in the small town of Leadville, Colorado with a start line at 10,000 feet and mid-race climbs taking runners above 12,000 feet. But that wasn’t the only change he faced that day.

Full documentary coming this fall. by @ellen.bittner

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