David Ellison
Biography
David Ellison, born in Santa Clara, California, is an American film producer and former actor. He dropped out of USC film school in 2005 to take his first major film role in Flyboys (2006), and also appeared in Hole in One (2009) and Little Fish, Strange Pond before giving up acting. He founded Skydance Media in 2006 and served as its chief executive until 2025. The company produced films including Life (2017) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), the latter earned a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards, which he co-produced. Skydance launched a television division in 2013, where he was an executive producer on Altered Carbon and Grace and Frankie, and he helped launch Skydance Animation in 2017. He was named to Variety's Dealmaker list in 2010 and the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2011.
43years old
Turns 44 on January 9in 88 days
- Born Santa Clara
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as David Ferris Ellison
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 4 years2005 to 2009
Every film, newest first
- 2009Hole in OneIMDb rating 2.9
- 2006FlyboysIMDb rating 6.5
- 2005The ChumscrubberIMDb rating 6.8
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A change of course
David Ellison appeared in Hole in One and Little Fish, Strange Pond, but he later set acting aside and turned to the entertainment industry's business side.
Behind the camera
In 2017, Ellison helped launch Skydance Animation with Spain's Ilion Animation Studios. In 2019, he hired John Lasseter, a former chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, to run it.
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Worked with
David Ellison made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Franco's page
Allison Janney's page
Dean Cain's page
Ralph Fiennes's page
John Heard's page
Glenn Close's page
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Arie PosinDirector, 1 film, 2005
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Drew Ann RosenbergDirector, 1 film, 2009
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