Background
Born in New York City, New York, Elder is the son of screenwriter/playwright Lonne Elder III.
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Christian Elder
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A filmmaker, a performer, a visual artist, and producer of spoken word events, Elder attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Institute of Florence/Scuola Lorenzo de" Medici in Italy.
Career
In 1994 Elder coordinated a series of poetry slams, showcasing the winning poets at the Southern California Lollapalooza shows. He later produced the Los Angeles Spoken in 1996, documenting more than 200 seminal Los Angeles poetry performers in a photograph inspired by the gathering of jazz legends in A Great Day in Harlem. He is currently producing an untitled concert documentary about Los Angeles poets.
