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Kielan Ellis is a writer, producer, director, graphic designer and award winning editor from Toronto, Canada. He is a co-founder of Independent Production Company 512RED. He has directed three feature films, co-produced a web-series (of which he directed two episodes), and independently produced over twenty shorts, including several that have screened at festivals including the Ottawa International Animation Festival and TIFF Short Cuts. His most recent feature film, Will and Ben versus Time was an official selection at the Brooklyn Science Fiction Film Festival in 2024.
Kielan Ellis won an award from The School of Image Arts for editing Frida in the Sky, an animated short film which was shortlisted for a Student Academy Award. The same year he also edited Deserter, a short which was an official selection at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival.
Kielan holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Screen Writing & Story Design
from Toronto Metropolitan University, and recently edited
the short film Go Again, which is an official selection
at the 2026 National Film Festival for Talented Youth.