Elijah Allan-Blitz | |
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Born | February 18, 1987 37) | (age
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician, film director |
Website | www |
Elijah Allan-Blitz (born February 18, 1987) is an American actor, musician, and Emmy award [1] winning film director. He is known for his direction of the Emmy-nominated virtual reality experience "Take Every Wave: Laird in VR", which won a Lumiere Award. [2]
Allan-Blitz was born in Santa Barbara, California. As a musician, [3] his single "Hey Yo" was nominated in the Grand Jury Award for Best Music Video (Best Visual) category at the International Festival of Cinema Awards. [4]
He has worked on The Shield , independent films and short films [5] and the Peter Bogdanovich feature film, She's Funny That Way . [6]
Allan-Blitz, is one of the first virtual reality directors for Time magazine, [7] and an Emmy nominee and Lumiere Award winner. His virtual reality experience about the Holocaust was published as a companion piece for the Ken Burns documentary, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War . [8]
He has also directed virtual reality experiences for PBS, Van Jones, Aloe Blacc, HBO, Laird Hamilton and a VR psychedelic trip for Michael Pollan's book How To Change Your Mind. [9]
Allan-Blitz started dating actress Brie Larson in 2019. [10] They have since broken up. [11]
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