Elio España

Filmmaker & Writer

25+ years making documentary, drama-doc and factual content. Work in cinemas and on Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Discovery, Sky, Hulu, Peacock and more. Founder of the film & tv studio Spiritlevel Cinema. Now working independently.

Seascape at golden hour on the Kent coast

Partial Filmography

Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art Director, Writer — 2020
Fantasy Rising Producer — 2026
Wartime Crime Series Director — 2017
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962–1969 Director — 2010
Down in the Flood: Bob Dylan, the Band & the Basement Tapes Director — 2012
CSNY: Fifty by Four Director — 2014
Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway Director — 2017
Feats First: The Life & Music of Lowell George Director — 2015
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind Executive Producer — 2019
Rise of the Superheroes Executive Producer — 2018

Elio España is a film director, producer, writer and editor with over twenty-five years of experience in documentary and factual content. His work spans popular culture, music, crime, history, art and politics and has appeared in theatres and on tv and streaming platforms worldwide. In 1999 he co-founded Spiritlevel Cinema, an independent film and television studio based in London. He now works independently from his studio on the Kent coast.

Writing on culture, politics, history, and creativity.

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