Elena Jordi (born Montserrat Casals Baque; 20 November 1882 - 6 December 1945) was the first woman in Spain to become a film director.

[2][3][4] Jordi was born in the region of Cercs, which is mainly famous for the invention of the sewing machine (berguedana).

She was encouraged by an actor Domenec Ceret to begin her career in film.

She started with La loca del Ministerio, which was her first studio films.

In 1914 she built her own theatre Teatro Elena Jordi, but ended up in a failure.