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Apr 20, 2016 · Elwes clearly sees opportunity — provided one is willing to do the legwork. With the right subject matter, director and a star willing to work for less, he explains, financing a film budgeted at...
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Elwes had seen Dee Rees’ 2012 feature directorial debut Pariah at Sundance and contacted her agent Craig Kestel, who had been Elwes’ assistant at WMA. Rees had just completed Bessie for HBO and signed on quickly. “That was a game-changer,” King says. “I was one of Dee’s agents and knew how brilliant she was as a filmmaker.” After Pariah, Rees had b...
“Cassian Elwes, Charles King — all the guys at MACRO — really backed me up,” Rees says. “When it came to stuff like getting the exact town location I wanted, even though it was more expensive than a general store front that was nearer to where we were shooting everything, they would say ‘Here’s the $50,000 to get this town’ and it paid off in produ...
They persevered and six months later filmmakers and cast, which included Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke and a revelatory Mary J Blige as Mitchell’s mother Florence, were sitting in the Eccles Center in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival world premiere. Armory Films’ Lemole says when the house lights went up, he and business partner Zajaros crie...
Hausfater works non-exclusively with producer Cassian Elwes functioning as his business affairs/legal/executive. He also provides expert witness services.
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Feb 25, 2014 · “We want to get into business with you, Cassian, and we really want to find a movie to do with Dolph Lundgren. What do you have?” I pitched them the script.
May 23, 2019 · Hollywood producer Cassian Elwes talked to Fortune about what he's doing to advocate for women in the film industry and why he's doing it.
Sep 20, 2024 · Sep 20, 2024. Courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment. We are honored to share a very personal piece from 2019 Black List Lab fellow and 2020 Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting fellow Claire Ayoub about the making of her brand new film, EMPIRE WAIST, which arrives in theaters on September 27!
Jan 5, 2023 · Cassian Elwes began his producing career with 1984’s Oxford Blues, starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy, and has enjoyed continuing success in film. His earlier roles include Men at Work with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, The Chase with Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, and Henry Rollins, and The Dark Backward with Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and ...
