Stephan Elliott

Stephan Elliott
Stephan Elliott at the premiere of his film A Few Best Men in 2012
Born	(1964-08-27) 27 August 1964 (age 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter
Years active	1992–present
Partner	Wil Bevolley

Stephan Elliott (born 27 August 1964) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. His best-known film internationally is The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).

Career

Elliott began his career as an assistant director working in the Australian film industry in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

His first two feature films, Frauds (starring musician Phil Collins) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, along with his shorter films Fast and The Agreement were produced by Rebel Penfold-Russell's Australian production company Latent Image Productions.^{[citation needed]}

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 public as well as an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 Elliott had a skiing accident and was hospitalised for several months. He said the accident caused him to rediscover his sense of humour.^[1]

His film Easy Virtue, co-written with Sheridan Jobbins, is based on the Noël Coward play of the same name. It stars Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes and was produced by Barnaby Thompson for Ealing Studios in the UK, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2008.^[2] It has also screened in the Rio Film Festival, Rome Film Festival and London Film Festival.^[3]

His next film, A Few Best Men starring Xavier Samuel and Olivia Newton-John^[4] was released in 2012.

He also wrote the script for the stage play of Priscilla, which premiered in 2007 at Sydney's Lyric Theatre in Star City.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Elliott came out as gay during his presentation at the inaugural AACTA Awards in Sydney on 31 January 2012.^[5] He has been in a relationship with his partner, Wil Bevolley, since the late 1980s. They had a civil partnership ceremony in London in 2008.^[6][7]

Filmography

• Frauds (1993)
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
• Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
• Eye of the Beholder (1999)
• Easy Virtue (2008)
• A Few Best Men (2011)
• Rio, I Love You (2014)
• Swinging Safari (2017)

References

1. Mottram, James (23 October 2008). "Easy Virtue director Stephan Elliott talks about comeback from horrifying accident". London: The Times. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
2. "TIFF'08 – Easy Virtue". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
3. "Easy Virtue brings British humour to Rome Film Festival". Reuters. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
4. "Olivia Newton-John to star in Stephan Elliott's a Few Best Men | Encore Magazine". Archived from the original on 17 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
5. "A Few Best Men director comes out at AACTAs". Australia: ABC News. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
6. Hornery, Andrew (17 February 2012). "Closet door still closed".
7. "Stephan Elliott, the Aussie wedding crasher". Australian Times. 31 August 2012.

External links

• Stephan Elliott at IMDb
• Unofficial fansite
• Official website for 'Priscilla' the stage musical
• Toronto Film Festival review of Easy Virtue
• Compiled news articles about Stephan Elliott