East Elliott is a London-based filmmaker and a recent graduate of the NYU MFA Filmmaking program. He was selected as a recipient of the BAFTA-Pigott Scholarship in support of his studies.

His short film, From Sidney, With Love, was executive produced by Spike Lee and premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2025. Before shooting, Spike invited East to shadow him on the set of Highest 2 Lowest as part of A24's Creative Capture Program. A24 commissioned a short documentary about the experience called What Makes A Spike Lee Joint? (And Those Who Made Them), exploring Spike's long-standing collaborations and influences, as well as his artistic process. The documentary, posted to their YouTube channel, has amassed close to 200,000 views to date.

His previous previous work includes TERMINAL , which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival as part of the La Cinéfondation program and was later awarded both Best Screenwriting and Best Ensemble Performance at the NYU King Awards. He is currently developing a feature screenplay adaptation of the film, which achieved a top-two finish in the Black Family Feature Fund Prize at NYU and was awarded the Grand Prize in the Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition, decided by judges Michael Mann, Paul Schrader, Wendy Finerman, Adam Novak, and Dan Jinks, among others.

He is an lifelong and diehard Arsenal supporter and felt that it was absolutely necessary to mention that here.