Elvira Ibragimova is an LA-based writer and director. Elvira is a half Jewish, half Muslim refugee hailing from sunny, Soviet-era Uzbekistan. At the age of ten she and her family landed in Brooklyn and Elvira settled into the business of being a *good* immigrant. Before going into film, Elvira was an architect in New York, practicing for years with SHoP architects. Here is a pavilion she designed for the Golden State Warriors. But after a while, designing pavilions for a pretty great basketball team didn’t feel right so she decided to break her mother’s heart and turn to filmmaking.

She studied comedy and directing at Second City Film School. Her short DINGUS WISHES, placed in multiple film festivals and helped her secure the Viacom Viewfinder Directing Fellowship. Since completing the program, she's directed multiple episodes of JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!, DANGER FORCE and FAIRLY ODDPARENTS. Her latest project, WE’RE DOING GOOD!, a semi-autobiographical web series about a couple trying to become better people, premiered at SXSW, was nominated for a Webby and screened at HollyShorts, SeriesFest and BroadHumor where it won Best Series. She’s a recipient of the Best Female Creator award from AMC Networks. Alongside her episodic work, Elvira is working towards making her feature directorial debut; she just wrapped a short proof of concept for a comedy. But if this all goes bust, she'll always have that pavilion.

STUFF SHE’S DONE

FILM | television

ABC / Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Field director

VIACOM / Nickelodeon / Paramount+

Director - Danger Force, episode 3.11

Director - Danger Force, episode 2.08

Director - Fairly OddParents, episode 1.07

Director - Danger Force, episode 1.15

MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE

writer/director - We’re Doing Good

iO COMEDY NETWORK (iO Chicago)

MENTORSHIP

WSC Squad - Director’s Guild of America

Viewfinder Directing Fellowship

stage

HAROLD RAMIS FILM SCHOOL

PEOPLE’S IMPROV THEATER (New York)

UPRIGHT CITIZEN’S BRIGADE (New York)

design

SHoP ARCHITECTS

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