David R. Ellis

David Richard Ellis was a famous American director who was born to Richard and Andrea Ellis in Santa Monica, California. He was raised in Los Angeles, California where he developed a passion for surfing and also went on to become a top-ranked junior pro surfer. Ellis started his film career in the year 1974 as a child actor in Kurt Russell-Disney film ‘The Strongest Man in the World’. Apart from being recognized as a director, Ellis was also well-known for his stunts. After his debut in the Disney films, Ellis switched to the stunt world which was his first passion.

After a few years, he was promoted to be the stunt coordinator in 1978. Ellis did an amazing work as a stunt coordinator in movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Fatal Attraction (1987), Misery (1990), and Patriot Games (1992) and also for the 1990s television series Baywatch. All these outstanding performances that he delivered during this period as a stunt coordinator got him the position of second unit director in the year 1986. In one of his interviews he mentioned about his love for the second unit direction as he learned so much and also got to work with some great directors. During this phase Ellis had been seen doing many films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, directed by Chris Columbus Chris Columbus, is an American film worker, writer >> Read More... , The Matrix Reloaded directed by Lana Wachowski Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir and Cop Out Click to look into! >> Read More... directed by Kevin Smith Kevin Smith is famously known as an American actor >> Read More... . Ellis debuted as a director in 1996 with Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco which made a box office collection of over 100 million dollars.

This was a turning point in Ellis’s career as it was a great triumph for a debut director to have such an amazing response. Ellis continued impressing his audience by directing some more stunning movies like Final Destination 2 produced by Warren Zide and Craig Perry, Cellular, an action thriller produced by Dean Devlin Dean Delvin was born on august 27, 1962 in New Yor >> Read More... and Lauren Lloyd, Snakes on a Plane, produced by Craig Berenson, Don Granger Don Granger is a renowned American film producer, >> Read More... and Gary Levinson, Asylum, a horror film produced by Ashok Amritraj Ashok Amritraj was born on 22 February in the year >> Read More... , The Final Destination-3D horror film produced by Craig Perry and Warren Zide and Shark Night Click to look into! >> Read More... produced by Chris Briggs, Mike Fleiss Michael L. Fleiss, commonly known as Mike Fleiss i >> Read More... and Lynette Howell. After a successful career of 40 years, bad luck hit him and took him away from the industry at the age of 60. Ellis was found dead in his hotel bathroom in Johannesburg, South Africa on 7th of January 2013. The cause of his death is yet unknown. He is survived by his wife Cindy and three children.