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Elijah Allan-Blitz
American actor, director and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Background
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]
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Personal life
Allan-Blitz started dating actress Brie Larson in 2019.[10] They have since broken up. [11]
Filmography
- The Shield (Jeffrey), 2003
- In This Life (Maxwell/Lance/Seth), 2013
- She's Funny That Way (Cloisters Security Guard), 2014
- Envoy (Sniper), 2014
- Breakup Moving Service (Boyfriend #2), 2014
- Full Ride (Luke), 2014
- Miami Dead County (Jake), 2016
- In This Life (Maxwell), 2018
Discography
- "The Way the World Ends" (feat. Bishop Lamont), single, 2010
- "Come With Me Child" (feat. Aja & Elena), single, 2010
- "Dmt", single, 2011
- The Photon Belt, album, 2012
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External links
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