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Elvis Mitchell

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  • Actor
  • Writer
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Elvis Mitchell
'For the Love of Movies' is the first documentary to dramatize the rich history of American film criticism -- from the raw beginnings before The Birth of a Nation to the current battle for audience between youthful website populists and the veteran print
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
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Elvis Mitchell was born in 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022), Black Lightning (2017) and The Black List: Volume One (2008).
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    • 1 win & 3 nominations

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Elvis Mitchell in History of Swear Words (2021)
Sean Penn, Elvis Mitchell, and Leila George
Elvis Mitchell and Sarah Silverman
Courtney Love, Haley Joel Osment, Stephanie Allain, Elvis Mitchell, Eli Roth, Daryl Sabara, Josh Welsh, Lily Collins, Kumail Nanjiani, Lorenza Izzo, Roya Rastegar, Nik Keswani, and Logan Paul
Elvis Mitchell and Eli Roth
Courtney Love and Elvis Mitchell
James Van Der Beek, Jonathan Tucker, Elvis Mitchell, Catherine Reitman, Jason Reitman, Mae Whitman, Michaela Watkins, Paul Scheer, Whitney Cummings, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Travis Tope, and Eric André
Elvis Mitchell and Olivia Wilde
Paul Haggis and Elvis Mitchell
Richard Madden, Elvis Mitchell, and Emilia Clarke at an event for Game of Thrones (2011)
Elvis Mitchell and Dan Romer at an event for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Elvis Mitchell

Known for

Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
7.3
  • Producer
  • 2022
Black Lightning (2017)
Black Lightning
6.1
TV Series
  • Producer
The Black List: Volume One (2008)
The Black List: Volume One
7.2
  • Producer
  • 2008
M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994)
M.A.N.T.I.S.
5.7
TV Movie
  • Additional Crew
  • 1994

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Producer

  • Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
    Is That Black Enough for You?!?
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Black Lightning (2017)
    Black Lightning
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2020
  • Elvis Goes There (2019)
    Elvis Goes There
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • The Black List: Volume Three (2010)
    The Black List: Volume Three
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Laurence Fishburne, Angela Davis, Charley Pride, Maya Rudolph, Tyler Perry, and Majora Carter in The Black List: Volume Two (2009)
    The Black List: Volume Two
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
  • The Black List: Volume One (2008)
    The Black List: Volume One
    • producer
    • 2008

Actor

  • How the Need for Diversity Is Changing the Industry: A Live Dialogue Between African Greeks and African Americans in Entertainment (2021)
    How the Need for Diversity Is Changing the Industry: A Live Dialogue Between African Greeks and African Americans in Entertainment
    • Moderator
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Bette Midler, Judith Light, and Ben Platt in The Politician (2019)
    The Politician
    • Elvis Mitchell
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
    BoJack Horseman
    • Host of Screening (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • The Comedians (2015)
    The Comedians
    • Elvis Mitchell
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Lizzie Brocheré and Bérénice Marlohe in Award Winning Indie Lesbian Sex Film (2014)
    Award Winning Indie Lesbian Sex Film
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Critics' Corner: The Films of Quentin Tarantino
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Lost Bond Film with Chris Kattan
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, and Jerry Ferrara in Entourage (2004)
    Entourage
    • Elvis Mitchell (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2007

Writer

  • Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
    Is That Black Enough for You?!?
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • The Black List: Volume One (2008)
    The Black List: Volume One
    • writer
    • 2008

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The Black List
Trailer 1:05
The Black List
History Of Swear Words
Trailer 1:48
History Of Swear Words
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Trailer 2:04
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

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  • Born
    • 1958
    • Detroit, Michigan, USA
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    • 1 Interview

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    Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999.
  • Quotes
    [American Wedding (2003)] struggles so hard to be tasteless that it's almost quaint. (Don't presume such a remark to be a compliment; you'll see better film on ponds.)

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