Short Bio

Featured alongside Michelle Obama in the 2018 PBS Documentary, aptly titled, "Beating The Odds"--Elaine Del Valle was born and bred in the crime capital of New York City--Brownsville Brooklyn. In her autobiographical, off Broadway, one-woman stage play, "Brownsville Bred", Elaine chronicled her own coming-of-age; The New York Times calling it "From Girlhood Trials to Onstage Triumph". Elaine developed the play while studying acting under the tutelage of Wynn Handman at Carnegie Hall. Elaine won the 2011 HOLA award for excellence in play writing, and was named "Trendsetter" at the Annual Multi-Cultural Media Forum. In 2013, with a desire to make her work more accessible, Del Valle turned her attention to writing for screen. Elaine co-wrote, produced, and directed a comedy web series, "Reasons Y I'm Single" (Amazon Prime). Elaine has since cast and produced over 50 shorts, and in 2015 Elaine became the first person to license an interstitial series (her co-production of Gran'pa Knows Best) to the HBO Latino Network. In 2016, Del Valle received the Telly award for her co-production of "The Smallest Step" (a PBS/World Channel short film series). Her directorial debut in a short film, "Final Decision" (Amazon Prime) (which she also wrote and produced) screened at over a dozen film festivals, winning several awards, including a 2017 Best Narrative Director award.