Elevated Films

Elevated Films (also operating as Elevated Film Sales) is a Los Angeles-based independent film production, sales, and management company headed by British producer and former agent Cassian Elwes, previously co-head of William Morris Independent. The company specializes in financing, packaging, producing, and arranging domestic and international distribution for independent feature films across a wide range of genres and budgets. Elwes and Elevated Films have been involved in Academy Award–winning and nominated titles including Dallas Buyers Club, Mudbound, and Lee Daniels' The Butler. In 2018, Elwes also created the 'Elevated TV' banner under a multi-year first-look television deal with Lionsgate Television, and in 2021 expanded into talent management.