Ellie Main is a Creative Producer for Rooster Teeth. She's a writer, director, editor, and camera operator for The Lab[1], as well as the host / star of Skill Tree[2], a new RT Production where she trains and preps for the inevitable and oncoming Apocalypse.
Ellie Main made her debut in Burnie's Vlogs as the CCO's Executive Assistant, but has since grown into her own as a valued and beloved member of the company.
Role in the Company
Ellie Main is currently a Creative Producer and Personality for Rooster Teeth. She writes, directs, edits, and shoots for "The Lab", is the host / star of "Skill Tree", and has appeared in a variety of the company's content.
Ellie's Start At Rooster Teeth
Ellie moved to America for personal reasons, getting her VISA 18 months after arriving. She was working at a Café when she met Josh Flanagan, who mentioned they, Rooster Teeth, needed a producer for "A Million Dollars But...". Ellie's qualifications checked out, and she began working for Live Action.
"That's where I worked. In Live Action, as a P.A. and then as a Coordinator, for about a year. I met Burnie at RTX and he and I got talking about all of the weird and luckily wonderful jobs I'd had and he asked me if I wanted to be his Assistant and everything kind of grew from there..."
Burnie and the Vlog
The Burnie Vlog TM
Ellie makes her first, big public appearance as Burnie's Executive Assistant in the RT video "Burnie Vlog: New Assistant and a Cheese Dinner". From that point forward, she begins to pop up more-and-more frequently, becoming a regular on the series. Just another chill, casual acquaintance...
And then the Performance Review happened.
"I realized that, since you're my assistant, you travel with me pretty much everywhere. So, STATISTICALLY, you are the person who is most likely to be right next to me in the event of an apocalypse..." - Burnie Burns
Ellie, Eddie, Miles, & Krav Maga~
Burnie decides that "The bodyguard aspect" of Ellie's job could use some improvement. And so, every Burnie Vlog after this would have the side-story of, or sometimes just full-on feature, Ellie learning some new skill in order to become a hardened, post-apocalyptic warrior. Blacksmithing, Krav Maga, Sniping, being able to shoot a machine gun out of a helicopter - all of the quintessential survival necessities. And this just kept escalating and escalating, until...
"Now, statistically, the biggest threat to ME is YOU. Because of all these skills you have, and your proximity to me on a regular basis, now you've become far too threatening and dangerous for me to work with." - Burnie in Ellie Gets Fired
Ellie at Sniper School~
This was one of the last episodes of the Burnie Vlog Series, so the actual reason for this "firing" was most-likely to give Ellie a proper send-off for the audience. Never-the-less, after this, she was no longer Burnie's Executive Assistant. Instead, Ellie Main becomes a Rooster Teeth Creative Producer, and begins writing, directing, editing, and shooting for...
The Lab
The Lab is a branch of Rooster Teeth that specializes in, well, nothing and everything! It's purpose is to serve as both a "testing grounds" and "playground"; a space where RT can float new series premises with their audience, as well as just a fun, non-committal dumping ground for quick and random videos the crew feels like shooting.
Even the Labs Team itself reflects this "everything" sort of mindset, as Ellie explains,
"We're all 'Producers' meaning that everyone on the team can write, shoot and edit so we can all collaborate and switch up the roles. It's so creative - I love it."
The Cast of Skill Tree~
Popular series / videos that have spawned from "The Labs" include "Me vs Drunk Me", "Drunk Red vs. Blue: The Lost Episode", and Ellie Main's new show, "Skill Tree".
Skill Tree is the continuation of Ellie's journey towards becoming an unbeatable, future post-apocalyptic warrior. The first episode, "Skill Tree: Stealth" was released April 11th, 2018 to the RT Site. It is a very recent series at the time of writing this, consisting of 1 Season - 5 Episodes at the moment.
"The Lab" is a new and unique Rooster Teeth endeavor brimming with potential - much good has come from it and the hard work of Ellie and friends. And with any luck, this is just the tip of the iceberg...
Other Stuff Ellie Appears In
Ellie Main has been on a few RT Podcasts, an Always Open, many On The Spots, and even helped host Extra Life 2017!
Since being hired, Ellie has taken on an increasingly active and visible role in the Rooster Teeth family, becoming a beloved personality to fans as well as (hopefully) a beloved friend to her coworkers.
Rooster Teeth Podcast 469 ft. Gus, Gavin, Ellie, Burnie, and Gus x
Personal Life
Growing Up
Young Ellie Main
Ellie Main was born on June 14th, 1991, in Kent, South-East England. Her parents had two other daughters, Ellie's sisters, Jessie and Caroline, and today live in the London-ish area.
Ellie's childhood household was a musical one. Her Father is a self-taught Pianist (after his teacher rejected his suggestion to learn Elton John instead of Beethoven) and she grew up listening to him sing and play almost every evening. Ellie started playing the drums at 10 years old, was in a 50-piece Jazz Band throughout most of school, and has even recently taken up Guitar, as displayed in the Final Burnie Vlog. Everyone in her family plays an instrument, her sister Jessie even having a few covers up on her YouTube Channel.
Ellie's Mother, Laura Main, created a Twitter Account specifically so that she may keep up with Ellie and her work at Rooster Teeth.
Ellie and her Main-gnificent Mom and Dad~
Education
Ellie attended Kingston Grammar School in Kingston, South-West London when she was 16 years old, from 2007-2009. After graduating, she applied and got into Bournemouth University (B.U.) in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, 2010, graduating with a "Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree in TV Production" come 2013.
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Trivia
- Ellie has shown to have taken up archery lessons before.
- Ellie's first childhood crush was "Simba" from "The Lion King".
- She mentions this in one of her and Miles' Pokémon Nuzlocké Streams.
- Her Dad would take her sailing as a child.
References
- ↑ "The Lab is a super-exciting new venture, born of the Live Action Department. We've created a team that are super mobile and able to run out and shoot something at a moment's notice. We're all 'Producers' meaning that everyone on the team can write, shoot and edit so we can all collaborate and switch up the roles. It's so creative - I love it." -Ellie Main on "The Lab" in an interview with BIGBITE issuu~
- ↑ Until "Skill Tree" gets it's own page on the Wiki, feel free to just see for yourself what it's all about and watch the series here: YouTube Playlist of Skill Tree
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