Writer/Director

Elijah Newman is a filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA. His childhood consisted of playing sports, wandering around with friends, and enjoying different meals with his family. As a teenager, Elijah worked at restaurants, competed in high school sports, and soon found a deep fascination with stories on the page, and on the screen. This led him to pursue and graduate with a B.A. degree in English from the University of Oregon. And it was during this time when Elijah not only worked as a writer for the university’s newspaper and their marijuana-themed magazine, but began to take a serious interest in filmmaking as he started making short films, working on sets, and writing screenplays. This ultimately brought him to Tallahassee, where he’s currently pursuing an MFA in Film Production at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts.