Elliott Hasler
Directing
Biography
Elliott Hasler is the UK's Youngest Film Director and the most exciting emerging talent within the UK, having completed his first feature, 'Charlie's Letters', aged 16 after a 3 year production. 'Charlie's Letters' screened at the Edinburgh and Brighton Festivals, where it received critical acclaim and was lauded by critics as a "miracle", with Culture Trip's Graham Fuller citing Hasler as "the next Spielberg". Hasler followed the success of his debut feature with a series of short films. Among which was, 'To Hunt a Tiger', starring John Locke (Darkest Hour, The Favourite) and shot in Sri Lanka, following in the footsteps of Sir David Lean's 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', it also features an original score by Emmy Award Winning composer, Daniel Clive McCallum and premiered at the Maldives no.1 rated resort, Soneva Jani. Hasler is currently shooting his second feature, 'Vindication Swim', about the first English woman to swim the Channel.
Known For
The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of the 1920s England.
Vindication Swim
16 year old aspiring director Elliott Hasler's epic depiction of his great-grandfather's WW2 experiences; an escaped POW's battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and young son eagerly await news in England.