Cassian Elwes is an independent film producer and agent, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential people in the independent film industry.

Biography

Cassian Elwes is a son of Dominic Elwes

Dominic Elwes

Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes was an English portrait painter whose much publicized elopement with an heiress in 1957 was a scandale célèbre.-Biography:...

 and Tessa Kennedy

Tessa Kennedy

Tessa Georgina Kennedy , better known as Tessa Kennedy, is a British interior designer, whose clients include multi-national corporations, royalty, celebrities and many European hotels, restaurants and clubs...

. He is the brother of Cary

Cary Elwes

Ivan Simon Cary Elwes , known professionally as Cary Elwes, is an English actor. The son of Dominick Elwes and Tessa Georgina Kennedy, Elwes acted in off-Broadway plays during college and moved to the United States in the early 1980s. He is known for his role as Westley in the cult classic The...

 and Damian Elwes

Damian Elwes

Damian Elwes is an English-born, American-based artist. He is known for his series of paintings depicting the studios of 20th century masters and for paintings of the natural world that venture beyond the usual boundaries of landscape painting. His work focuses on human creativity and creation in...

. He is the stepson of Elliott Kastner

Elliott Kastner

-Early life and education:Kastner was born in New York City. He got his education at the University of Miami and Columbia University. During the fifties he was stationed with U.S...

, an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

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William Morris years

From 1994 to 2009, he co-headed William Morris Independent as an agent at The William Morris Agency

William Morris Agency

WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...

, representing independent films and independent film producers; a position he held until the merger of that agency with Endeavor.

Ancestry

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