Amad Elia

Storytelling

Stories help us
recognize one
another.

Film is another form of building—gathering people around an idea and creating something capable of connecting strangers through a shared human experience.

Amad Elia at a red-carpet event
Film · Interviews · Creative Work
02   Creative philosophy

Building through story

A point of view can become a world.

I am drawn to work with a distinct point of view: stories that take emotional risks, ask difficult questions, and remain with us after the final frame. As an executive producer, I help thoughtful filmmakers bring ambitious independent work into the world.

My interviews and premiere coverage extend that curiosity beyond the screen, creating space for actors, directors, and creative teams to speak about their process in their own words. The camera remains observational; the conversation stays at the center.

03   Selected films

Executive producing

Stories worth helping into the world.

01

Rare Objects

A story of friendship, resilience, and rebuilding a life.

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02

Birth/Rebirth

An audacious exploration of motherhood, medicine, and moral boundaries.

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03

The Man in the White Van

A psychological thriller shaped by memory, fear, and survival.

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04

You Can Call Me Bill

An intimate portrait of William Shatner in his own words.

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04   Conversations

The voices behind the work.

First-person interviews and premiere moments, presented from the point of view of the conversation itself.

Birth/Rebirth — Cast & Crew

A sit-down conversation with the cast and filmmakers about the ideas, performances, and collaboration behind the film.

Rare Objects — Cast & Filmmaker Interviews

Conversations with Katie Holmes, Julia Mayorga, Alan Cumming, and Derek Luke surrounding a deeply human story of renewal.

The Man in the White Van — Premiere

Premiere coverage and first-person conversations from the people who brought the psychological thriller to the screen.

You Can Call Me Bill — Premiere Week

A close look at the conversations surrounding William Shatner’s intimate cinematic portrait.

05   A24

A chapter in independent film

Distinctive voices.
Unforgettable worlds.

During my time working with A24, I was close to films that showed what can happen when singular filmmakers are trusted to follow an idea all the way through. Each found its own language for identity, intimacy, ambition, and the unease beneath familiar surfaces.

01 · Featurette

I Saw the TV Glow

A surreal, deeply personal meditation on identity, memory, and the stories through which we understand ourselves.

02 · Premiere

The Whale

Premiere coverage surrounding a performance and film that invited an extraordinary emotional response.

Brendan Fraser’s emotional reception offered a quiet reminder that cinema can connect an audience to both a performance and the person behind it.
03 · Behind the scenes

Bodies Bodies Bodies

A sharp, kinetic collision of friendship, status, suspicion, and the anxieties of a generation—seen through the craft behind the camera.

A continuing conversation

“The best stories do not tell us what to think. They give us another way to see.”
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