Elcid is a London-based, self-taught director, writer, editor and photographer. As a working class, BAME, neurodiverse and disabled man with a transcultural upbringing, Elcid's work reflects the broad brush of his lived experiences, seeking to create space for underrepresented voices and stories. Elcid's writing and filmmaking portfolio ranges bold, thought-provoking, political and socially orientated subject matters. Passionate about visual storytelling, Elcid followed an MA in Film Theory at UCL with a spell in freelance journalism and photography, before making his filmmaking debut with the short documentary, 'Revolutionary Roads' (2010), which premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest and went on to win Current TV’s Short Cuts prize. Elcid has since grafted his indie production label, Crimson Black Productions, and gone on to write and direct several visually striking short films. These include 'PIRANHA' (2014) and 'UNSKIN' (2018), with each project successively more ambitious. In response to the Covid-19 lockdowns, Elcid created ‘Lost for Words’ (2021), a dramedy short film inspired by and set during the pandemic, that has won awards and gained a wide-ranging positive reception.