Cassian Elwes

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Cassian Elwes
Born (1959-08-07) 7 August 1959 (age 64)
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation Film producer, talent agent
Spouse(s) Priscilla A. Woolworth (1988-2000; divorced; 2 children)
Holly Wiersma (2006-2013); divorced)

Cassian Elwes (born 7 August 1959) is an independent film producer and agent, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential people in the independent film industry.[1]

Early life and education

Cassian Elwes is a son of Dominic Elwes, a portrait painter, and Tessa Kennedy, an interior designer. He is the brother of actor Cary Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He is the stepson of Elliott Kastner, an American film producer.

Career

Elwes began his producing career with 1983's Oxford Blues starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy and quickly went on to make another 29 films, including Men at Work, with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, and The Chase with Sheen.

The Hollywood Reporter has said that Elwes was "involved in a virtual who's who of every great independent film of the last ten years"[citation needed] with films such as Thank You For Smoking, Half Nelson, and Frozen River (the last two of which garnered Oscar nominations for Ryan Gosling and Melissa Leo respectively).

"What people lose sight of," Elwes said to Screen International, "is that these films cost a tenth of the films that they competed against at the Academy Awards. The privilege was the recognition."[citation needed]

Elwes is an expert in the field of arranging financing and distribution for independent films having done so for 283 films during his tenure at William Morris Independent.

Since leaving William Morris Independent,[when?] Elwes has been involved in arranging financing and distribution for 23 films including Lawless, directed by John Hillcoat, (The Road), starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy, and the thriller The Paperboy, directed by Lee Daniels (Precious), starring Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron. Elwes produced the period drama The Butler, which was directed by Lee Daniels and featured an ensemble cast, including Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Terrence Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, and Robin Williams, among others.

Additionally, he produced Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner, Saints starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster, and Hateship, Loveship starring Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld and Nick Nolte.

On 29 October 2013 Elwes launched the Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriter Fellowship, in conjunction with The Black List, to award one writer an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and mentorship from Elwes. Elwes and The Black List plan to award the fellowship annually.[2][3][4][5][6]

William Morris years

From 1994 to 2009, he co-headed William Morris Independent as an agent at The William Morris Agency, representing independent films and independent film producers; a position he held until the merger of that agency with Endeavor.[when?][7][8]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director With Rotten Tomatoes
1984 Oxford Blues Producer Robert Boris Rob Lowe
1986 Nomads Producer John McTiernan Pierce Brosnan 13% [9]
Heat Producer Dick Richards
Jerry Jameson		 Burt Reynolds
1987 White of the Eye Producer Donald Cammell 33% [10]
Zombie High Executive Producer Ron Link Virginia Madsen, Paul Feig, Sherilyn Fenn
1988 Jack's Back Producer Rowdy Herrington James Spader
1989 Never on Tuesday Executive Producer Adam Rifkin Peter Berg, Nicolas Cage, Charlie Sheen
Warm Summer Rain Executive Producer Joe Gayton
Cold Feet Producer Robert Dornhelm Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits, Rip Torn
Psycho Cop Producer Wallace Potts
1990 Cool Blue Co-Producer Mark Mullin
Richard Shepard		 Woody Harrelson, Hank Azaria, Sean Penn
Men at Work Producer Emilio Estevez Charlie Sheen, Keith David 30% [11]
1991 9 1/2 Ninjas! Executive Producer Aaron Barsky
The Dark Backward Producer Adam Rifkin Bill Paxton, James Caan, Rob Lowe 45% [12]
Liquid Dreams Executive Producer Mark S. Manos
Mom Executive Producer Patrick Rand
1992 Love Is Like That Executive Producer Jill Goldman Seymour Cassel
Leather Jackets Producer Lee Drysdale Bridget Fonda
Mad at the Moon Producer Martin Donovan Fionnula Flanagan
1993 Psycho Cop 2 Executive Producer Adam Rifkin
1994 The Chase Producer Adam Rifkin Charlie Sheen 29% [13]
The Cool Surface Executive Producer Erik Anjou Robert Patrick, Teri Hatcher
A Brilliant Disguise Executive Producer Nick Vallelonga
1995 Deep Down Producer John Travers
Frank & Jesse Producer Robert Boris Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes Executive Producer Jon Jacobs
2005 What Is It? Executive Producer Crispin Glover 56% [14]
2009 The Other Woman Executive Producer Don Roos Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow 39% [15]
2010 Blue Valentine Co-Executive Producer Derek Cianfrance Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams 87% [16]
Henry's Crime Executive Producer Malcolm Venville Keanu Reeves, James Caan, Vera Farmiga 40% [17]
The Big Bang Executive Producer Tony Krantz Antonio Banderas, Snoop Dogg 13% [18]
2011 Margin Call Executive Producer J.C. Chandor Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, Mary McDonnell 88% [19]
The Son of No One Executive Producer Dito Montiel Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche, Al Pacino 16% [20]
Cats Dancing on Jupiter Executive Producer Jordan Alan
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! Producer Nick Broomfield
Joan Churchill		 30% [21]
Catch .44 Executive Producer Aaron Harvey Malin Åkerman, Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis
2012 The Words Executive Producer Brian Klugman
Lee Sternthal		 Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, J. K. Simmons 22% [22]
Lawless Executive Producer John Hillcoat Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Gary Oldman 67% [23]
The Paperboy Producer Lee Daniels Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Cusack, Nicole Kidman 43% [24]
Generation Um... Executive Producer Mark Mann Keanu Reeves 0% [25]
Stolen Executive Producer Simon West Nicolas Cage, Malin Åkerman, Bruce Willis 16% [26]
2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints Producer David Lowery Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster 81% [27]
All Is Lost Executive Producer J. C. Chandor Robert Redford 94% [28]
The Butler Producer Lee Daniels Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Mariah Carey, Terrence Howard, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda 73% [29]
Dallas Buyers Club Executive Producer Jean-Marc Vallée Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn 94% [30]
2014 She's Funny That Way Executive Producer Peter Bogdanovich Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Cybill Shepherd, Ahna O'Reilly, Joanna Lumley, Lucy Punch
A Case of You Executive Producer Kat Coiro Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Sam Rockwell, Sienna Miller, Brendan Fraser, Vince Vaughn, Peter Dinklage 40% [31]
Hateship, Loveship Producer Liza Johnson Kristen Wiig, Hailee Steinfeld, Guy Pearce, Christine Lahti 57% [32]
Reach Me Producer John Herzfeld Sylvester Stallone
Parts per Billion Executive Producer Brian Horiuchi Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, Teresa Palmer, Penn Badgley, Gena Rowlands
Black and White Executive Producer Mike Binder Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer
We'll Never Have Paris Executive Producer Simon Helberg
Jocelyn Towne		 Melanie Lynskey, Simon Helberg, Zachary Quinto, Maggie Grace
Midnight Man Executive Producer Rob Kennedy
Theo Executive Producer Ezna Sands
Shreveport Executive Producer Ryan Phillippe Ryan Phillippe
Shelter Executive Producer Paul Bettany Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Mackie
I Origins Co-Executive Producer Mike Cahill Michael Pitt, Brit Marling
Burying the Ex Executive Producer Joe Dante Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene
2015 Queen of the Desert Producer Werner Herzog Nicole Kidman James Franco, Robert Pattinson
Submerged Executive Producer Steven C. Miller Talullah Riley
The Knife Thrower Executive Producer Terry Nemeroff Jason Flemyng, Lars Mikkelsen, Patrick Bauchau, Carlos Bardem, Jon Gries, Peter Stormare, Til Schweiger
2016 Elvis & Nixon Producer
2016 The Brits Are Coming Producer
2016 Billionaire Boys Club Producer

Ancestry

Family of Cassian Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Valentine Dudley Henry Cary-Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Gervase Henry Cary-Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Alice Geraldine Ward
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Rudolph William Basil Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh, 7th Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Lady Winefride Mary (Mary Winifride) Elizabeth Feilding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Mary Berkeley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. James Rennell Rodd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Elizabeth Anne Thomson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Hon. Gloria Ellinor Rodd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. James Alexander Guthrie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Lilias Georgina Guthrie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Elinor Stirling
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Cassian Elwes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Sir John Macfarlane Kennedy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Elizabeth Verralls Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Geoffrey Alexander Farrer Kennedy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Thomas Charles Farrer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Dorothy Farrer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Ann Richards McLane
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Tessa Georgina Kennedy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Ivan Ivanovic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Ivan Rikard Mendel Kraus, alias Ivan Rikard Ivanović
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Bettina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Daška Marija Ivanović-Banac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Stevan Popović
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Milica Popović
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Bella Nikolajevic
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ Film Festival Today article 25 Most Influential People in Independent Film
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