Biography
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Stephan Elliott (born 27 August, 1964, Sydney, Australia) is a multi-award winning Australian film director and screenwriter.
He began his career as an assistant director working in the boom of the Australian film industry of the 1980's.
His first two feature films, "Frauds" and "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", along with his lesser known, shorter films "Fast" and "The Agreement" were produced by Rebel Penfold-Russell's Australian production company Latent Image Productions.
The films, "Frauds", "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and "Welcome to Woop Woop" were all officially selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, with "Priscilla" winning the Prix du publique as well as an Academy Award for Best Costume, among numerous other accolades.
Stephan Elliott has also been the subject of two television documentaries, "Ladies Please" and "Killing Priscilla".
Other screen-writing credits include: "Black Oasis" on the life of actress Susan Cabot and "Easy Virtue", with co-writer Sheridan Jobbins, based on the Noel Coward play of the same name.
Filmography
His most notable credits as writer/director include;
- 1993: "Frauds", starring Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrnes.
- 1994: "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" starring Terrance Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving
- 1997: "Welcome to Woop Woop" starring Rod Taylor, Johnathon Schaech, Susie Porter and guest appearances including Barry Humphries
- 2000: "Eye of the Beholder" starring Ashley Judd, Ewan McGregor and singer K. D. Lang
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