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Tawny Marie Ellis (born December 25, 1981, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer and daughter of stuntman turned director David R. Ellis.


Biography

Born to parents who were both stunt people, Tawny Ellis was raised in
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, California, She was a ski racer from a very young age. Ellis then returned to the LA area and moved in with her father in Malibu, where she took up volleyball. After graduating high school Ellis tried a year of junior college. She then worked a little on
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with her father, who was now a director. Her father, David Ellis, asked her to join his crew for his next film,
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(2003), in the Executive Assistant capacity. She left for her first location in Vancouver, Canada. Working a year on that picture fueled an interest in the creative world of film making for her. With David's next picture, she was promoted to Associate Producer and is now beginning what she hopes will be a very long, creative and lucrative career. She married stuntman Oakley Lehman on August 12, 2006. Her most recent project,
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, was released August 28, 2009.


Filmography

* ''
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'' (
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
) (Assistant Director) * ''
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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
) (Cast) * ''Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life'' (
2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...
) (Special Thanks) * '' Cellular'' (
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
) (Associate Producer) * ''Dialing Up 'Cellular' '' (
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
) (Associate Producer) * '' Snakes on a Plane'' (
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
) (Associate Producer) * ''Pure Venom: The Making of 'Snakes on a Plane' '' (
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...
) (Associate Producer/Cast) * ''
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'' (
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) (co-producer) * ''
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'' (
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
) (co-producer) * ''
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'' (
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
(co-producer) * ''Six Days Till Midnight'' (
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
) (co-producer) * ''The Hunted'' (
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) (In Development)


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New York Times - Tawny Ellis Filmography
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