Ellen Tejle (born April 9, 1984, in Sollefteå, Sweden) is a campaigner for awareness of women's representation in film. She has been included in the BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2018.

Life

Ellen Tejle has started Bio Rio (2008–2016) and Bistro Barbro in Stockholm. Since 2017 she has been the CEO of the media house Fanzingo.

Ellen Tejle

She additionally founded 'A-RATE'', a campaign to further gender equality in the film industry, present in ten countries globally. They designed the logo for the Bechdel Wallace test, which identified films with two named women having a conversation about something other than a man. If it passes that test it is A-rated.

Ellen Tejle

Filmography

She was of the 97 people included in the film This Changes Everything (2018)

Ellen Tejle

External links

Times Article on Gender Inequality written by Tejle

References

1984 births

Living people

Swedish mass media people

Swedish feminists

People from Sollefteå Municipality