Elgin Cahill is an award-winning film and television producer, writer, and director. His television producing credits include Stand UP!, Cash Cowboys, and the PBS documentary, Keep a Light in Your Window. His feature film writing/directing credits include Beware the Lake, Diablo Canyon and Ryde or Die. Elgin and his team produce their original television content through their television production company, Mayonnaise Productions. Elgin produces most of his narrative feature film projects under his Chestnut Tree Films banner. He also maintains an additional production company, Innovation Station Studios, for commercial and industrial projects.
Elgin grew up in Queens, New York. As an occasional “child actor”, he landed sporadic gigs in print ads and television commercials. He was also a voracious writer of short stories, and one of them was published in Jabberwocky magazine when Elgin was in 6th grade. Early in his career, the Walt Disney Company optioned one of Elgin’s TV-movie scripts, making him a working screenwriter at the age of 19. Since then, he has worked in virtually every aspect of production and worked various crew positions, from production assistant to cinematographer, to editor and director.
Elgin currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and is in production on his upcoming feature film, Colorado Christmas.
American Sheriff
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Film
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I Am Jacob
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Film
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Ryde or Die
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Film
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Cash Cowboys
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TV Series
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Beware the Lake
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Film
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Natalie
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Film
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Director On her way home from school, 13 year-old Natalie is confronted by Logan, one of her teenaged tormenters. Emboldened by her clique of friends, Logan's confrontation becomes aggression, and her aggression becomes physical violence.
American Family: Picture Perfect
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Film
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Director They were the typical American family. But behind the picture-perfect facade hid a world of oppression and sorrow. Andre was an overbearing husband and father, critical of every minor detail, and prone to sudden outbursts of violence. For years, Fatima and Kierra suffer Andre's physical and mental abuse, sinking deeper and deeper into despair, until one fateful night, when - pushed beyond their limits - they are forced to fight back, and make the ultimate sacrifice.
Lessons
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Film
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Cinematographer When a curious high school girl is intrigued to explore her creative expression through Piano. She gets more than she bargained for through the help of her piano tutor.
Hollywood Ending
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Film
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Editor JESSE YOUNGBLOOD, a famous Hollywood screenwriter, writes books on screenplays. His book with a ten-thousand hour plan, DIG DEEP, is a best-seller. FRED, an alcoholic trucker and aspiring writer, bought Jesse's book and followed the plan. But Fred can't sell a screenplay. Someone must pay for the ten-thousand hours he's lost. Fred goes to Jesse's home. Written by Shawn Speake
Dear Eleanor
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Film
Camera and Electrical Department
Keep a Light in Your Window
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Film
(Documentary and History)
Director Add a Plot »
Parallax
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Film
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Actor Modern-day filmmakers Cameron and Bernadette come to the West with hopes to restore the Western genre. First, they need the perfect cowboy. Enter Wayne, who's exactly what they wanted and more.
The Maltese Puppy
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Film
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Director Find the puppy...save the world
Witch Creek 2: The Enchanted Valley
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Film
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Director It's been a year since the events at Bishop Castle. Celeste has set off on her own, fearing for her family's safety in the event that witch-hunter Ezekiel Mather comes looking for her. She takes refuge in a secluded cabin in a remote mountain valley. But the valley is enchanted, and inhabited by faeries, lost boys, and other curious creatures...including a recently-arrived sorcerer who has cast a pall of fear over all the valley's inhabitants. Celeste encounters a lost boy named Devlin, and she must try to use her ever-stronger magic skills to save him and his companions from their plight. But an unexpected encounter with the sorcerer alters her course, and once again, Celeste is confronted with the reality that people are not always who they seem to be, as she finds herself face to face with her old nemesis.
Oleander
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Television
(Action, Crime, Drama and Thriller)
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Diablo Canyon
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Film
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Director On her way back from spring break, college sophomore Brenda Morgan stops for gas on a desolate highway in the middle of the night, when she is abducted by the I-70 kidnapper. Bound and drugged, she awakens in his lair, where she is savagely brutalized. After a desperate escape, she is found lying on the side of a dirt road, barely clinging to life... ...Jack Clay, Sheriff of a quiet little town in Diablo County, is informed by the FBI that Special Agent Carrie Wilson will be coming to town to take over the case. Agent Wilson arrives two days early, eager to begin her investigation. She tells Sheriff Clay that she has been after the kidnapper for years. As they follow the trail of clues together, Sheriff Clay notices that Agent Wilson seems to be taking the case very personally, and she informs him that she made a vow to the family of the first victim to bring the abductor to justice. Tensions rise as Sheriff Clay becomes more and more suspicious of Agent Wilson's true intentions. But ... Written by Chestnut Tree Films
The Frame
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Film
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Actor From Jamin Winans, writer and director of the cult smash hit, INK, comes a mind-bending science fiction thriller about two strangers who find their lives colliding in an impossible way. Alex (David Carranza) is a methodic cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel. Sam (Tiffany Mualem) is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past. Suddenly and mysteriously, Alex and Sam's lives crash into each other and the fabric of reality is ripped from underneath their feet. Taking on the very root of fate, destiny, and their own existence, Alex and Sam race through a maze of an ever-changing universe while being pursued by a demonic man determined to erase the world.
Joshua Tree
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Actor Set in the USA heartland following the 2008 economic collapse, a recently divorced suburban mother of two young girls struggles to hold onto the American dream. Facing home foreclosure, an inhibited and dysfunctional family, she has few opportunities. Connections of family, friends, work and community are laid bare, and her father as family patriarch, faces an especially painful search for redemption. Written by Anonymous
Love, Lily
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Film
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Director Lily was a happy girl with a happy life. But her world was shattered by the untimely death of her father, and she now spends her days roaming the streets, avoiding an abusive stepfather, and a mother who spends most of her time clouded behind a haze of cigarette smoke and vodka. Lily's only comfort is the time she spends at her dying uncle's bedside, reminiscing about the past, when her father was still alive, and when her mother used to hug her instead of hit her. Every passing day brings Lily's uncle closer to death, causing Lily to contemplate the meaning of life, and her own mortality. Written by Anonymous
Witch Creek
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Film
(Short, Comedy, Drama and Family)
Director We're not your typical family
Something Better
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Film
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Director Courtney and Connor were the perfect couple...until she found out he was leaving for something better.
The Lone Ranger
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Film
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Actor In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by the renegade Comanche, Tonto, at the insistence of a mysterious white horse and offers to help him to bring Cavendish to justice. Becoming a reluctant masked rider with a seemingly incomprehensible partner, Reid pursues the criminal against all obstacles. However, John and Tonto learn that Cavendish is only part of a far greater injustice and the pair must fight it in an adventure that would make them a legend. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
20/20
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Television
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Actor Among the most recognized and revered television newsmagazines, "20/20" was ABC's answer to CBS's "60 Minutes." Though some stories were humorous, light-hearted and sometimes frivolous features, the meat of "20/20's" programming was investigative reporting many times exposing corporate, medical, educational and governmental wrongdoing, incompetence and criminal negligence and reports on news events of the week from (often) different angles than was seen on the nightly news. Oftentimes, co-host Walters interviewed a prominent celebrity, politician or other newsmaker (among her most famous interviews included her fearless interview of feared Libyan dictator Muhammar Qaddafi; and her inspirational story of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who was interviewed shortly after the Persian Gulf War had ended). The show's regular cast of contributors filed the reports, with the most prolific including John Stossel (who once had his nose broken while interviewing a World Wrestling Federation wrestler), ... Written by Brian Rathjen <briguy_52732@yahoo.com>
Snitch
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Film
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Actor Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Confessions of a Child Talent Agent
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Up to No Good
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Video
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Director It's all fun and games until someone gets caught.
Revenge for Real: Rocky Mountain Retribution
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TV Movie
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SANE in 1974
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Film
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Cinematographer A generation trying to find it's way back after the ordeal of the Vietnam War. Two men clash. Melvin dredges up the past, forcing Eddie to move from graffiti to violence. The events take place during the week of Nixon's resignation in 1974. Written by Jack Brando
Talent Show
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Mandatory Meetings
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Film
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Director Overworked. Underpaid. Good talk.
The Shattered
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Film
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Director Deceit always has a price.
Shattered
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Producer When a Marine comes home 6 years after being pronounced killed in action, John is not the same man. His family welcomes him with open arms not knowing John has a dark secret. When his wife Stacey finally pulls out the secret, she wishes she had never pried. Written by Brad Ryal
Paint the Sky
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Director Sometimes war leaves a battlefield in your mind.
Every November
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Film
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Director Driven apart after the tragic death of their little girl, Chris and Kate are still mourning her loss five years later. Maggie's killer, Jason, who was sixteen when he took her life, will be released from prison on his twenty-first birthday. A mysterious young woman follows Chris, and watches as he meets with a private investigator, a week before Jason's release. The young woman claims to be a newspaper reporter, and offers to help Chris uncover information about his daughter's killer. Chris reluctantly agrees, but soon learns that the young woman is not who she pretends to be, and by the time he discovers who she really is and what her true intentions are, he may have gone too far down the path of vengeance to turn back. Written by Anonymous
Ten Steps
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Film
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Director A young teenage girl is left at home alone to watch her little sister on a dark, stormy night. A power outage and memories of a horrific childhood experience force her down into new depths of terror. (Based on "THE TEN STEPS" by Brendan Muldowney). Written by Anonymous
Summer of Silence
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Film
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Director When a high school teen named Kevin is charged with murder after a deadly gang shooting, the occurence is written off as a tragic but all too common incident of inner-city violence. But things are not always as they seem, and when a shocking discovery is made about the fatal bullet, it is up to Kevin's lawyer to uncover the truth. One startling discovery leads to another, and just as it seems that the wheels of justice are beginning to turn in Kevin's favor, a cruel blow from the legal system threatens to put him in prison for life. Provcative and engrossing, Summer of Silence is a quiet, tense drama that explores both the controversial effect of politics on our legal system, and the devastating power of guilt. Written by Chestnut Tree Films
Look at Me
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The Deep End of the Sea
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Why There Are Rainbows
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