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Sep 14, 2023 · Oldenburg: Cassian Elwes on His Directorial Debut ‘Passenger C’ For his first time in the director's chair, 'The Butler' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' producer adapted his own true story of a ...
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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...
Jan 5, 2023 · Top Apple Filmmaking Podcast. IFH 648: From Indies to Producing Oscar® Winners with Cassian Elwes. 00:00. 01:08:24. 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 ...
Cassian Elwes began his producing career with 1984's Oxford Blues starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy; he has continued enjoying 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; as well as The Dark Backward with Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Rob Lowe.
Apr 20, 2016 · April 20, 2016 6:15 pm. At 56, the prolific film producer — his latest project, “ Elvis. & Nixon,” arrives in theaters this Friday — also remains keenly. attuned to changes in the industry ...
Mar 5, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE: Indie stalwart Cassian Elwes is making a move into management via his Elevated banner, kicking off with signing Best Sellers director Lina Roessler, whose debut feature starring Michael ...
May 23, 2019 · Steve Dietl. After producing and packaging more than 370 independent movies over the last three decades, from Sling Blade to Dallas Buyers Club, Cassian Elwes’ knack for bringing difficult ...
