Elliot is the founder of impact creative agency and production company The Nation of Artists, which operates on the premise that IDEAS + EMPATHY = IMPACT.

Elliot’s work has inspired and also innovated, yielding the first ever user-generated feature film, producing the world’s first 3D printing prosthetics lab in Sudan, and launching a pioneering social robot duck for kids going through chemotherapy. He is the producer of award-winning documentaries such as “Little Miss Sumo,” “Black Boys,” “Queen Mimi” and “Unzipped” on Netflix, Amazon, Peacock, NatGeo and other platforms, and has directed and produced brand-backed impact films for the likes of AARP, Accenture, Aflac, Amgen, Campbell’s Soup Co., the CDC Foundation, CNBC, the Fair Labor Association, Hyundai & the UNDP, LEGO, McKinsey & Company, New Balance, Participant Media, Quest Diagnostics and Whirlpool & Habitat for Humanity.

With his work having racked up several billion media impressions, a variety of Emmy nominations, plus 5 SxSW Innovation Awards, 5 Cannes Lions (including the Titanium Lion), 2 Clio Awards, 4 Anthem Awards, One Show Gold Pencils, SIMA’s Creative Impact Award, Webbys, and dozens of other accolades, in 2023 he was named one of Australia’s 25 Global Gamechangers for his work in impactful media, adding to prior recognition from the US Congress and California Senate, alumni of the year honors from Australia’s Monash University, and receipt of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Innovation Fellowship.

Of most relevance to this panel – during COVID, Elliot and his team collaborated with Sid Lee to assemble local crews in more than 17 cities across 12 countries to capture grassroots innovators solving global issues on a local basis – that project, a collaboration between Hyundai Motor Company and the UNDP (called “for Tomorrow”) now supports more than 84 projects in 52 countries, and has been honored with awards that include SxSW’s Innovation Award in Media, 2 Anthem Awards, 2 Shorty Awards (and 2 Shorty Audience Honors), a Gold Telly, and finalist honors at Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas – “for Tomorrow: a documentary about Grassroots Innovators” has played more than 30 film festivals and was released by Amazon on Prime Video globally, was promoted by K-Pop group BTS and is now also available on YouTube at forTomorrow2030.