Biography
Cleta Elaine Ellington is an American assistant director, second unit director and producer who also works as an actress. She has contributed to numerous feature films and television series in assistant director roles, including first assistant director on The Girl on the Train (2016), Ma (2019), Get On Up (2014) and Breaking News in Yuba County (2021).
Ellington served as second unit director on Cocaine Bear (2023) and first assistant director on the series Palm Royale (2024). She has producing credits on Lake George (2024) and Rumble Through the Dark (2023). Her acting roles include Oyster Bar Woman in The Girl on the Train, Donna the Receptionist in The Help (2011) and Shirley Buell in Get On Up.
