Elgin Cahill
Director | Producer, For Such a Time as This
About
Elgin Cahill is an award-winning film and television producer, writer, and director. His television producing credits include Stand UP!, Cash Cowboys, and the PBS documentary, Keep a Light in Your Window. His feature film writing/directing credits include Beware the Lake, Diablo Canyon and Ryde or Die. Elgin and his team produce their original television content through their television production company, Mayonnaise Productions. Elgin produces most of his narrative feature film projects under his Chestnut Tree Films banner. He also maintains an additional production company, Innovation Station Studios, for commercial and industrial projects. Elgin grew up in Queens, New York. As an occasional “child actor”, he landed sporadic gigs in print ads and television commercials. He was also a voracious writer of short stories, and one of them was published in Jabberwocky magazine when Elgin was in 6th grade. Early in his career, the Walt Disney Company optioned one of Elgin’s TV-movie scripts, making him a working screenwriter at the age of 19. Since then, he has worked in virtually every aspect of production and worked various crew positions, from production assistant to cinematographer, to editor and director. Elgin currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and is in production on his upcoming feature film, Colorado Christmas.