ELLIOT KOTEK
An advocate of technology for good, Elliot has traveled the world tracking inspiring innovators and innovations, and communicating that content to create empathy and impact. A former editor-in-chief of Beyond Cinema, Moving Pictures and Celebs.com, and journalist for The Hollywood Reporter, MovieMaker, Movies.com/Fandango, Distinction for The LA Times, GQ & Details' Style.com, Flaunt, Little White Lies and a slew of other publications, Elliot has interviewed 1000 of the world's most notable figures, including Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Anita Hill, Barbara Kopple, Stan Lee, Daniel Day Lewis, Elon Musk and Elmo.
Working with the social responsibility and non-profit teams at Accenture, Aflac, Facebook, HP, Hyundai, Intel, LEGO, New Balance, Participant Media and Sony, Elliot's documentaries, docu-series and Virtual Reality projects have shown on Netflix, Facebook, FastCompany, National Geographic, UpWorthy and numerous other outlets, eclipsing 5 billion media impressions and earning shiny paperweights that include four innovation awards from SXSW, two Emmy nominations, five Cannes Lions, two Clios, eighteen Tellys, five Communicator Awards, ten W3s, two Webby honors, a Stevie, three Maggies, a Craft Award, archiving at the Museum of Modern Art and numerous film festival honors. He is a member of the Television Academy, a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, a distinguished alumnus of Australia's Monash University and was awarded the KIN Innovation Fellowship by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
As a result of his social impact projects, including the Oscar qualifiers "Little Miss Sumo" (about Hiyori Kon) and "Queen Mimi," as well as Cannes-winners "Project Daniel: 3D Printing Prosthetics for the Children of War-Torn Sudan" and "My Special Aflac Duck," Elliot has spoken at the United Nations, the US Institute for Peace, US Chamber of Commerce, Social Innovation Summit, Social Impact Week, SxSW, NxNE, Creativity Week, ACM Siggraph, Maker Faire and scores of other events.
He is currently producing a documentary about Danica Patrick; and executive producing "90291 Unzipped" - a study in income inequality; "Black Boys" - Sonia Lowman's study on the stigma about being a young black male in America; and "suWo" - about the double standards levied against women in Japan's national sport, forbidden from turning professional at a time when society is increasingly demanding the issue be reconciled.
Though a native of Australia, his work has also been recognized with certificates of distinction from the US Congress and the US House of Representatives, as well as by the California State Legislature and Senate.