Elliott San

Elliott San is a Chinese-American screenwriter who specializes in genre stories. San is currently adapting a YA novel rooted in Chinese mythology entitled The Walled City for SKG with Matt Reeves’ Sixth & Idaho. Previously, San sold his genre-mashing feature entitled The Knockoff to New Line with Mary Lee’s A- Major Media and John Cho producing.

A Illinois native, San earned a B.A. in Film & Television Production from Ball State University. He moved to Los Angeles and had several screenplays optioned including An Affair To Die For which was produced and later released by Netflix. His trajectory took a sharp turn when he was suddenly diagnosed with leukemia. Faced with getting a bone marrow transplant, San returned to his hometown of Chicago to undergo the procedure. After regaining his health, he returned to Los Angeles and sold The Knockoff at auction. San is the biracial son of a Chinese immigrant father and Wisconsin-born mother. He draws on his unique upbringing to write at the intersection of genre and personal experience.