Elias is a writer and storyteller based in Sydney. He conceives original story universes for television, film, and stage.
He works with Australia’s leading screen producers to develop high concept, premium content for international audiences. Since 2023, he has optioned four original screen series as Creator and EP:
The horror series Norfolk to Fremantle Media (Heartbreak High). The dark comedy Cute Aggression to Carver Films (Relic), the gay psycho-sexual thriller Duck, Duck, Goose to Mad Ones Films (Jimpa), and the mystery thriller Advent to Goalpost Pictures (The Invisible Man).
In 2026, he was one of only three artists selected for a state-wide government residency that allowed him to live and write in a heritage precinct in The Rocks.
Previously, he was selected for Ron Howard’s highly coveted screenwriter accelerator program, Impact, where he worked with his mentor Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral).
His MainStage debut Green Park, directed by Declan Greene, returned to Sydney Festival after a critically-acclaimed premiere at Griffin Theatre Company. It was nominated for Best Mainstage Production at the Sydney Theatre Awards and shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award. His play CAMP premiered at Sydney World Pride and was nominated for Best Play and Best New Play by BroadwayWorld Australia. Former Artistic Director, Matthew Lutton OAM, commissioned him to write Senseless for Malthouse Theatre.
He shadowed director Benedict Andrews as an Artist Attachment at the Bayerishche Staatsoper in Munich. He executive produced and co-wrote the feature film Ambrosia, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Gulf of Naples Festival. And he holds a Master of Writing for Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts.
Elias regularly tutors the MFA Dramatic Writing cohort at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and has led workshops as a teaching artist for Brand X and Griffin Theatre Company.
He is represented by Cameron’s Management.
MENU
FILM & TELEVISION:
norfolk * cute aggression * duck duck goose * advent * ambrosia
THEATRE:
green park * a house on a street in a valley called gomorrah * camp * this wide night * the satyr * the master * crux * _control
THE BOTTOM DRAWER (UNPRODUCED PLAYS):
aleppo (part one) * hypnagogia * senseless
PERFORMANCE: