Meet Ron Elliot: Filmmaker

We had the good fortune of connecting with Ron Elliot and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ron, what role has risk played in your life or career?
Risk-taking is what separates the men from the boys, the girls from the women. I always take risk whether it’s calculated or non-calculated risk. Risk taking has the ability to massively move you forward to your goals. I have realize that taking risk also builds up your faith and courage, because you will need them both to take any risk. Most people hesitate on taking a risk mostly because they focus on failing and what people will think when they fail and it creates an emotional state which becomes real to them and they quit the idea and play it safe.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn in the early 1990’s, I began my professional career in entertainment in the late 90’s, when I landed a job in the promotions department at Def Jam Records. A few years after, I ventured into filmmaking, working for music video director Hype Williams and I’ve been immersed in that industry ever since. I then went on to be a part of the team that won the 2000 Gordon E. Sawyer Academy for Technical Advancement in film, awarded to Irwin Young, Proprietor of the DuArt Film & Video Company. Then I later became Supervising Producer at Tempo Network (a subsidiary of MTV at the time), where he produced many live concert programs, as well as some of the network’s other TV shows. I also worked with Russell Simmons (Hip-Hop Summit), and Spike Lee, doing commercials for television. In addition, I spent many years as an editor for various television networks, including A&E, NBC, NYCTV, BET, and VH1. Within recent years, some of my projects have earned recognition at major film festivals within the United States and abroad, including the Newark Festival, for Best Feature Film, and the Cannes Film Festival for a Short Film. What I love to do is to integrate entertainment and education and infusing core values of the human experience. The job of an Artist is to change the moral compress of the world for good, that is the job I aim to do.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I am very new to the city and have only visited a few places, however out of the few places I visited I enjoyed Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint. The food and music are great and I mostly enjoyed the atmosphere and the beautifully dressed people gather together and enjoy themselves.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I’d like to shoutout to my brother, family, and friends.

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Image Credits
Ron Elliot