Stephan Elliott
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| Born | 27 August 1964 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Stephan Elliott (born 27 August 1964) is an Australian film director and screenwriter.
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[edit] Life and career
Elliott began his career as an assistant director working in the boom of the Australian film industry of the 1980s.
His first two feature films, Frauds and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, along with his lesser known, shorter films Fast and The Agreement were produced by Rebel Penfold-Russell's Australian production company Latent Image Productions.
Frauds, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Welcome to Woop Woop were all officially selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, with "Priscilla" winning the Prix du public as well as an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, among numerous other accolades.
In 2004, Elliott was involved in a skiing accident which saw him hospitalised for several months. He credits the accident with rediscovering his sense of humour.[1] This may go part way to explaining why, in 2007 Elliott worked with Fred Nassiri to create one of the most expensive music videos of all time. Shot in over 15 countries, with seven directors the song "Love Sees No Colour" aspires to spread a message of peace and love.
His latest film Easy Virtue, was written with co-writer Sheridan Jobbins, and is based on the Noel Coward play of the same name. It stars Colin Firth, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes. It has been produced by Barnaby Thompson for Ealing Studios in the UK, and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8, 2008.[2] It has also screened in the Rio Film Festival, Rome Film Festival and London Film Festival to great acclaim.[3]
He is currently in the post-production stage of his next film, A Few Best Men starring Xavier Samuel and Olivia Newton John.[4]
Other writing credits include 'the book' (i.e.: the script) for the stage play of 'Priscilla' which premiered in 2007 at Sydney's Lyric Theatre in Star City to excellent reviews. Later in the year it moved The Regent Theatre in Melbourne and in May 2008 will move to Auckland's The Civic theatre in New Zealand, and is currently featuring in London's West End.
[edit] Filmography
His most notable credits as writer/director include;
- 1993: Frauds, starring Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes. Entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival[5]
- 1994: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, starring Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving
- 1997: Welcome to Woop Woop, starring Rod Taylor, Johnathon Schaech, Susie Porter and guest appearances including Barry Humphries
- 2000: Eye of the Beholder, starring Ashley Judd, Ewan McGregor and singer K. D. Lang
- 2008: Easy Virtue, starring Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott-Thomas
- 2011: A Few Best Men, starring Xavier Samuel, Rebel Wilson, and Olivia Newton-John
[edit] References
- ^ Mottram, James (23 October 2008). "Easy Virtue director Stephan Elliott talks about comeback from horrifying accident". London: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/london_film_festival/article4987915.ece. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ http://tiff08.ca/filmsandschedules/films/easyvirtue
- ^ "Easy Virtue brings British humour to Rome Film Festival". www.reuters.com. 27 October 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE49Q6RQ20081027. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/olivia-newton-john-to-star-in-stephan-elliotts-film-6459
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Frauds". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2570/year/1993.html. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
[edit] External links
- Stephan Elliott at the Internet Movie Database
- Unofficial fansite
- Official website for 'Priscilla' the stage musical
- Toronto Film Festival review of Easy Virtue
- Compiled news articles about Stephan Elliott
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