Caroline Bille Eltringham was born in 1967. Prior to entering the world of film she worked as a boatswain of tall- masted ships and as a theatrical dresser. She attended Bournemouth film school along with Simon Beaufoy - who would later take an Academy Award for 'Slumdog Millionaire' and Mark Blaney, the trio forming Footprint Films on graduation. After producing short films for the BBC Bille went on to make 'Kid in the Corner' for Channel 4. In 2000 she and Mark Blaney and Kate Ogden formed This is Not a Company, in keeping with the title of their 2002 film 'This is Not a Love Song', the first film to be streamed simultaneously on the Internet with its cinema release.