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Cassian Cary Elwes (born 7 August 1959) is a British independent film producer and talent agent.
Cassian Elwes. Producer: The Butler. Cassian Elwes was born on 7 August 1959 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Butler (2013), Mudbound (2017) and I Origins (2014).
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Cassian Elwes was born on August 7, 1959 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Butler (2013), Mudbound (2017) and I Origins (2014). He was previously married to Holly Wiersma and Priscilla A Woolworth.
- August 7, 1959
Elwes says he had a life-affirming epiphany following a bizarre August 2012 incident on a JetBlue flight from New York to L.A. when he helped subdue an unruly passenger. (The young man, who said...
- Game Changer
- Read More: ‘Mudbound’ Sundance Review
- 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...
He is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College.
Cassian Cary Elwes (born 7 August 1959) is a British independent film producer and talent agent.
