Kielan Ellis
Directing
Biography
Kielan Ellis is a writer, producer, director, and award winning editor from Toronto, Canada. He a co-founder of 512RED, an independent film production company. He has directed three feature films and produced over twenty shorts, including several that have screened at festivals including the Ottawa International Animation Festival and TIFF Short Cuts. Most recently, Kielan directed two episodes of the web-series Saudade – created by McKenna Grantier, with whom he co-produced the show. He is currently finishing his masters in screenwriting at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Known For
Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother's back to follow in her Abuela's legacy.
Frida in the Sky
After experiencing the worst day of their lives, roommates Will and Ben - one a poorly paid law-clerk and the other a failing stand-up comedian - wake up to find a functional time machine on their coffee table.
Will and Ben versus Time
Roommates Lorenzo, Calvin, Lee, and Adam go about their daily lives while trying to cope with a joint loss.
Saudade
In this short drama, two brothers, home alone, compete in a game of toughness that goes too far.
Go Again
A desperate woman who can no longer support her elderly mother with dementia takes her for one last drive.
Deserter
With their relationship on the rocks, David and Emily move to Halifax to catch a break from the pandemic and their monotonous routine. Upon meeting Emily's best friend Delilah and her local friend Meg, the already shaky groundwork of their relationship starts to fracture.
A Cold Wind To... Blow The House Down
A girl struggles to return to her home country amongst the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Pandemia
In 1981 New York City, estranged childhood sweethearts, Ken Harper and Emma Law, reunite on the first day of school at a prestigious acting academy. As their term goes on and they are forced into closer collaboration, old feelings re-emerge that pull them together again.
Spanish Leather
A young immigrant family struggles with cultural differences during Christmastime.
The Gift
A young wannabe detective is presented with an opportunity to prove himself.
Whodidit?
A short documentary about the neighbourhood Corso Italia in Toronto.
Corso Crisalli
Two people searching for the other, missing each other until the right moment.
Alice & Jim
When young and carefree stoner, Julien, loses his prized lighter on a drunken night out, he is forced to embark on an odyssey through Toronto to recover it in time to make it to dinner with his estranged mother.