---
name: "Carl Ellsworth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-ellsworth"
fi1m_id: "carl-ellsworth"
imdb_id: "nm0255296"
tmdb_id: 20977
wikidata_id: "Q3658755"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T15:41:37.496237+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carl Ellsworth

## Identity

Carl Ellsworth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-ellsworth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-ellsworth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0255296
- **TMDB ID:** 20977
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3658755
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ellsworth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3658755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20977

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Louisville.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Louisville
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ashley Gable](https://film.one/person/ashley-gable.md), [Bruce Seth Green](https://film.one/person/bruce-seth-green.md), [John T. Kretchmer](https://film.one/person/john-t-kretchmer.md), [Stephen L. Posey](https://film.one/person/stephen-l-posey.md), [Thomas A. Swyden](https://film.one/person/thomas-a-swyden.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (2), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $39m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ellsworth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3658755, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255296/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20977

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Unhinged*](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Unhinged* (2020), Fi1m 48, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Unhinged* (2020), Screenplay — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md)
- *Red Dawn* (2012), Screenplay
- *The Last House on the Left* (2009), Screenplay
- *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), series, Writer
- *Disturbia* (2007), Screenplay
- *Red Eye* (2005), Screenplay, Story
- *クリスタナ・ローケン T-X* (2003), Writer
- *The Legend of Tarzan* (2001), series, Writer
- *Cleopatra 2525* (2000), series, Writer
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), series, Writer
- *Animorphs* (1998), series, Writer
- *Godzilla: The Series* (1998), series, Writer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/carl-ellsworth