Background
Ellis then returned to the Los Angeles area and moved in with her father in Malibu, where she took up volleyball.
Ellis then returned to the Los Angeles area and moved in with her father in Malibu, where she took up volleyball.
Born to parents who were both stunt people, Tawny Ellis was raised in Mammoth Lakes, California, She was a ski racer from a very young age. After graduating high school Ellis tried a year of junior college. She then worked a little on The Matrix Reloaded with her father, who was now a director
Her father, David Ellis, asked her to join his crew for his next film, Final Destination 2 (2003), in the Executive Assistant capacity.
She left for her first location in Vancouver, Canada. Working a year on that picture fueled an interest in the creative world of film making for her.
With David"s next picture, she was promoted to Associate Producer and is now beginning what she hopes will be a very long, creative and lucrative career. Her most recent project, The Final Destination, was released August 28, 2009.