Elliot Grove is a Canadian-born film producer who founded both the Raindance Film Festival in 1993 and the British Independent Film Awards in 1998.
Elliot Grove | |
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| Born | Canada |
| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, film producer |
Grove teaches screenwriting and filmmaking throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Japan.[1]
As of 2012, he has produced over 150 short films, and 5 feature films.[1]
Early life and education
editGrowing up in a Mennonite household, Grove was unable to watch TV or films. At the age of 16, he watched his first film, Lassie Comes Home, and was subsequently "hooked on cinema forever."[2][3]
He followed up formal art school training at Central Technical School in Toronto with a series of jobs behind the scenes in the film industry.[citation needed]
Career
editWorking as a scenic artist on 68 feature films and over 700 commercials in his native Toronto, Grove developed a distaste for the wasted resources on set and union bureaucracy that prevented aspiring filmmakers like himself from getting their own features off the ground.[4] In 1992, he founded Raindance Film Festival, a festival devoted to promoting independent filmmaking.[1][5]
Grove established the British Independent Film Awards in 1998 and launched the IPTV platform Raindance TV in 2007.[1] He also founded the Independent Film Trust, a charitable organization that empowers children facing disabilities or disadvantaged circumstances to express themselves through the art of filmmaking.[5]
In July 2009, Grove was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University at Plymouth College of Art, in recognition of his contribution to education in independent film.[5]
In December 2021, Grove received the Impact Award at the first ever British Short Film Awards.[6]
Production
editGrove's production company operates under the Raindance banner. Upholding the ethos of Raindance, he wrote, produced and directed 1997's feature, Table 5, for just over £200.[7][8]
In 2005 Grove produced The Living and the Dead.[citation needed] He stopped producing features between 2007 and 2012 because of his involvement with Raindance. As of 2012, he had produced over 150 short films, and 5 feature films.[9]
In early 2013, Grove re-launched production with Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey.[citation needed]
Bibliography
edit- Grove, Elliot (2001). Raindance Writers Lab: How to Write and Sell the Hot Script. Focal Press. ISBN 9780240516363.
- Grove, Elliot (2004). Raindance Producer's Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780240516998.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Low-to-No Budget Filmmaking". The Guardian. 29 February 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Robertson, Stephanie (20 January 2016). "Interview with Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival". Film Inquiry. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Tassel, Joan Van (10 September 2012). Managing Electronic Media: Making, Moving and Marketing Digital Content. CRC Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-136-03162-5.
- ^ "CanadianFilmMaker – Elliot Grove". Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ a b c Slawinski, Emma. "Honorary doctorate for Raindance founder Elliot Grove". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Yossman, K. J. (3 December 2021). "'Doctor Who' Star Peter Capaldi, Raindance Founder Elliot Grove Among Winners at First Ever British Short Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "howies Little Big Voice: who spoke? Elliot Grove". Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286191 [unreliable source?]
- ^ "Low-to-No Budget Filmmaking". The Guardian. 29 February 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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