---
name: "Cleta Elaine Ellington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cleta-elaine-ellington"
fi1m_id: "cleta-elaine-ellington"
imdb_id: "nm1096475"
tmdb_id: 1457015
roles: ["Second unit first assistant director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:38:04.633486+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."
---

# Cleta Elaine Ellington

## Identity

Cleta Elaine Ellington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cleta-elaine-ellington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cleta-elaine-ellington
- **IMDb ID:** nm1096475
- **TMDB ID:** 1457015
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457015

Second unit first assistant director.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit first assistant director
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Cleta Ellington, Cleat Ellington, Cleta E. Ellington
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 59 (2), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457015

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl on the Train*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-on-the-train.md) (52)

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

## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Girl on the Train* (2016), Fi1m 52, as Oyster Bar Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-on-the-train.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, as Donna The Receptionist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Cocaine Bear* (2023), Fi1m 60, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Brothers* (2026), series, Second Unit First Assistant Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md)
- *Lake George* (2024), Producer, First Assistant Director
- *Palm Royale* (2024), series, First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
- *Rumble Through the Dark* (2023), Producer
- *Cocaine Bear* (2023), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/cocaine-bear.md)
- *Breaking News in Yuba County* (2021), as Bakery Clerk · Co-Producer, First Assistant Director
- *Ma* (2019), First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
- *Dirty John* (2018), series, as Drunk Driver
- *The Girl on the Train* (2016), as Oyster Bar Woman · First Assistant Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-on-the-train.md)
- *Get On Up* (2014), as Shirley Buell · First Assistant Director
- *The Help* (2011), as Donna The Receptionist — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *Friday the 13th* (2009), Second Assistant Director
- *Fireflies in the Garden* (2008), Second Assistant Director
- *The Christmas Card* (2006), Second Assistant Director
- *Our House* (2006), First Assistant Editor
- *The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada* (2005), Second Second Assistant Director
- *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town* (2003), Second Assistant Director

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