John R. Ellis
| John Raymond Ellis | |
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John R. Ellis in 1997
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| Born |
March 2, 1955 Wilmington, Ohio, USA |
| Residence |
Pacoima, California Los Angeles County, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Forest Hill Community High School Palm Beach State College |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, special effects artist, animator, director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced from Cindy Weinstein (married 1984–1993) |
| Children |
Sara Rachael Ellis |
| Parent(s) | John Leonard and Rachel Jeanette Wilson Ellis |
Sara Rachael Ellis
John Raymond Ellis (born March 2, 1955) is an American artist, filmmaker, animator, director, producer, and writer in Los Angeles, California, known particularly for his special effects.
Ellis was born in Wilmington, Ohio south of Dayton. He was the youngest of two sons and two daughters of John Leonard MacDonald Ellis (1918–1997) of Clinton County and the former Rachel Jeanette Wilson (1918–1980), a native of neighboring Warren County. The senior Ellis was Methodist; Mrs. Ellis, Quaker. John R. Ellis is of English, Scottish, and Dutch descent. He was reared on a small farm in Clinton County until 1960, when the family moved to the Lakewood section of Wilmington. As a child, John liked to go to downtown Wilmington to buy comic books or go to the movie theater; he often pulled a wagon to collect soft drink bottles to trade for comics. His family encouraged him to develop his artistic and creative talents. At an early age, he developed an interest in aviation and built model planes and rockets.
As a result of his mother's asthma, in 1966 his parents and John moved to West Palm Beach, Florida. His grown siblings had already moved out: Larry Wayne Ellis (1943-2015) of Cincinnati, and two sisters, Susan Gayle Ellis (born 1942) of Wilmington, and Doris E. Gossett (1939–2010) of Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1973, Ellis graduated from both Forest Hill Community High School and North Technical Educational Center, with credentials in commercial art. At North Technical, Ellis studied under the graphic artist Helen Drake. In the early 1970s, he was tutored by comic book artist C. C. Beck, the creator of Captain Marvel.
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