Elliott Lester Biography

Fast Facts

• Began his career as a music video and commercial director, working for companies like McDonald's and Lexus and bands like 30 Seconds to Mars and The Fray
• His first feature film, the ensemble "Love is the Drug," debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006
• Quote: "[on "Blitz"] "You can't put those elements together and pretend that it's an incredibly high brow film ․․․ There's cinema for entertainment, cinema to be intellectual, cinema to move you and cinema for fun and that's what this is․""
• Best known as the director of "Blitz," "Chop Shop" and "Nightingale․"