Ella Altman was born in Tel Aviv, in 1993.
Currently lives and works in France. From 2011 she worked at major radio stations as an editor, writer, host, and producer of documentary and cultural programs. In 2014 she won the best documentary award at the Independent's Spirit Awards. Following her interest in new medias and film, in 2017 she started her studies towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Shenkar College of Art and Design, Israel. During her studies she produced, directed, composed, and edited two short films that were screened in international film festivals, and participated in many group exhibitions.

Over the last years she has been teaching experimental filmmaking, as well as lecturing at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.