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Cassian is the stepson of Elliott Kastner, an American film producer . Career. Cassian Elwes began his producing career with 1984's Oxford Blues starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy; he has continued enjoying success in film.
Mar 5, 2021 · Cassian Elwes Moves Into Management, Signs ‘Best Sellers’ Director & Talks Producing Michael Caine-Aubrey Plaza Berlin Title With His Daughter. By Diana Lodderhose. March 5, 2021 11:10am ...
Jun 21, 2018 · Movie Collective, the new independent film company set up by prolific producer Cassian Elwes ( Mudbound, Dallas Buyers Club, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) and filmmaker Marcus Markou (...
Sep 14, 2023 · Veronica Ferres. 'The Butler' and 'Dallas Buyers Club producer Cassian Elwes discusses his directorial debut 'Passenger C,' which premieres at Oldenburg Film Festival.
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- Emotional Response
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...
Apr 11, 2018 · Cassian Elwes, the US producer behind Mudbound, Elvis & Nixon and Lee Daniels’s The Butler, is launching a UK-based crowdfunding film and TV venture that will allow investors to buy equity in...
Feb 9, 2016 · Veteran financier Cassian Elwes and production-finance company Armory Films and its partners Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros have created Zeal Media Co. as an independent film finance and...
