---
name: "Ellie Heydon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ellie-heydon"
fi1m_id: "ellie-heydon"
imdb_id: "nm8703995"
tmdb_id: 2372344
wikidata_id: "Q135860100"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:32:47.261824+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."
---

# Ellie Heydon

## Identity

Ellie Heydon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ellie-heydon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ellie-heydon
- **IMDb ID:** nm8703995
- **TMDB ID:** 2372344
- **Wikidata ID:** Q135860100
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135860100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8703995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2372344

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135860100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8703995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2372344

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78)

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## Biography

Ellie Heydon is a British director and former actress. She began her career in theatre and dramaturgy before moving into television, with a focus on comedy and female-led stories.

Her television directing credits include all eight episodes of the fourth series of *Trying* (2024) for Apple TV+, six episodes of *Dreamland* (2023) for Sky, and two episodes of the fourth series of *Ted Lasso* (2026) for Apple TV+. She has also directed episodes of *Outrageous* (2025) and *Tommy & Tuppence* (2025).

Heydon directed and produced several award-winning short films, including *Pelicans* (2020) and *Fred Forever* (2020), which screened at festivals such as Tribeca and the BFI. As an actress, she appeared as Anne Pettifer in the series *Harlots* (2017–2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Tommy & Tuppence* (2026), series, Director
- *Idiomatic* (2024), Thanks
- *Dreamland* (2023), series, Director
- *Pragma* (2022), Director
- *Divertimento* (2020), as Helen
- *Fred Forever* (2020), Producer, Director
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *Trying* (2020), series, Director
- *Harlots* (2017), series, as Anne Pettifer
- *Pelicans*, Producer, Director
- *Outrageous*, Director

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