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name: "Bille Eltringham"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
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updated: "2026-09-17T01:27:15.039666+00:00"
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# Bille Eltringham

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901

## Biography

Bille Eltringham is a British film and television director. She is a graduate of Bournemouth Film School and previously worked as a boatswain on square-rigged tall ships and as a theatrical dresser and prop builder.

Her feature films include the co-directed *The Darkest Light* (1999) and *This Is Not a Love Song* (2002), the first film to be streamed simultaneously on the internet with its cinema release. Television credits include directing episodes of *The Long Firm* (2004), *The L Word* (2006), *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), *Lewis* (2009–2010), *United States of Tara* (2011) and *Grace* (2021–2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)

## Also known for

- *The L Word* (2004), Director
- *United States of Tara* (2009), Director
- *Lewis* (2007), Director
- *Grace* (2021), Director

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