Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
-
Place of Birth
Abingdon, Virginia, USA
Also known As
-
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Biography
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated, Peabody-winning, and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker from Logan County, West Virginia. Her films explore life in Appalachia through personal and political lenses, covering topics such as coal’s cultural legacy, the opioid crisis, rural deindustrialization, incarceration, and environmental justice. Her latest feature documentary, KING COAL, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was named a New York Times Critics’ Pick and one of the year’s best documentaries by Esquire and Marie Claire. The film screened at over 40 international festivals, had a 50-city theatrical ...
Acting
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Production
2023
as Writer
2023
as Director
2023
as Producer
-
as Director
-
as Writer
-
as Producer
-
as Cinematography
-
as Editor
2019
as Director
2019
as Writer
2017
as Director
-
as Director
2017
as Director
2018
as Director
2018
as Producer
2023
as Co-Editor
2023
as Additional Camera
2023
as Boom Operator
2019
as Producer
2017
as Producer
2023
as Co-Producer
2023
as Additional Camera
2017
as Director
2019
as Director
2019
as Producer
2019
as Editor
2019
as Director of Photography
2013
as Director
2013
as Producer
2013
as Editor
2018
as Additional Photography
2024
as Producer
© All Rights Reserved 2025