ELLA LOUISE ALLAIRE

CEO & FOUNDER / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Ella is a show designer, librettist, composer, lyricist, producer and entrepreneur. Over the years, she has gained an international reputation that makes her one of the most sought after creators in the entertainment industry. She wrote the original idea, book, lyrics and music for the blockbuster show for 20th Century Fox’s multi-billion dollar franchise - L'âge de glace live! with her colleague and accomplice Martin Lord Ferguson. Ice Age Live! broke sales records with over 3 million viewers, and was declared the #1 show in Europe in 2013. Ice Age Live! was more popular than Coldplay and U2 with more than 60,000 spectators over five days at Omnisports de Bercy in Paris, 73,000 in Vienna, in addition to obtaining a nomination for the prestigious LEA awards for ‘Show of the Year’ in 2013. Ice Age Live! also received the O2 Hamburg ‘Best Seller’ award.

Among other accomplishments: Ella co-wrote Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold, participated in numerous Cirque du Soleil productions including the 3D film Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away, co-produced by James Cameron and Cirque du Soleil, directed by Andrew Adamson (Chronicle of Narnia); Cirque du Soleil Zed (Tokyo Disney); the very famous Alegria (Arena) for which she wrote the song Rinalto Vera; KA (MGM, Las Vegas). Time Magazine voted the KÀ soundtrack “The best new score for 2005.” Additionally, KÀ charted on the Billboard for over 56 weeks with a top five for the year ending in 2006. Her work has been heard on numerous international productions, including  the Vancouver Winter Olympics; the feature film Conan The Barbarian; Philippe Noiret: Gentleman Saltimbanque; The Scorpion King 2; Dateline NBC; NFL movies; Oprah Winfrey Show; the video game: Spiderman-Shattered-Dimensions; McDonald’s commercial: Fishing; the acrobatic troupe of Beijing for the show: “The musical box”; the feature film: Journey to the Center of the Earth, a collection of five CDs for APM Music Hollywood, orchestral music for the Quebec symphonic Orchestra, as well as two personal albums: Mon Or and Heretique. The creation and production of the family musicals: The Nut Job Live and Friends, Scooby-Doo! and the lost city of Gold, the upcoming Bugs Bunny’s Great Big Musical Extravaganza with the internationally recognized Looney Tunes characters, and the immersive educational experience on NASA’s Artemis mission: All Systems Are Go! currently playing at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Ella Louise studied flute and piano at the Quebec Music Conservatory. She received the 1st prize at the Quebec music competition 2 times in a row. Subsequently, she graduated from McGill University, the prestigious Schulich School of Music, where she received the “James McGill Award” and the “Music Faculty Award” respectively. Admitted to the graduate program at the University of Montreal, she mastered film composition under the direction of Michel Longtin, and received the Canada Council Fellow. She was a Nominee at the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneurs of the year, and Finalist at the Quebec Business Women Award for international achievements.