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Flying Lotus

Born October 7, 1983 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 42)

Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), better known as Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums: 1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), Until the Quiet Comes (2012), You're Dead! (2014), Flamagra (2019), and Yasuke (2021). Flying Lotus' other work includes creating the record label Br…

Known For

The Furious

The Furious · 2026

MovieActionCrime

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

Night Patrol

Night Patrol · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

An L.A. cop discovers a local task force is hiding a secret that puts the residents of his childhood neighborhood in danger.

Ash

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive.

Game Over, Man!

Game Over, Man! · 2018

Game Over, Man!

MovieActionComedy

Three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists.

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 · 2017

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Family Feud

Family Feud · 2018

Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.

V/H/S/99

V/H/S/99 · 2022

MovieHorrorThriller

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

V/H/S/Mixtape

V/H/S/Mixtape · 2026

MovieHorrorMusic

The ninth installment of the horror anthology franchise. Plot TBA.

Filmography

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The Furious

The Furious · 2026

MovieActionCrime

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

Music

Night Patrol

Night Patrol · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

An L.A. cop discovers a local task force is hiding a secret that puts the residents of his childhood neighborhood in danger.

Three Deuce

Ash

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive.

Director

Game Over, Man!

Game Over, Man! · 2018

Game Over, Man!

MovieActionComedy

Three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists.

Hostage Steve / DJ Flying Lotus

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 · 2017

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Original Music Composer

Family Feud

Family Feud · 2018

Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.

Music

V/H/S/99

V/H/S/99 · 2022

MovieHorrorThriller

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

Director

V/H/S/Mixtape

V/H/S/Mixtape · 2026

MovieHorrorMusic

The ninth installment of the horror anthology franchise. Plot TBA.

Music

Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops · 2013

MovieCrimeComedy

A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

Customer

Cove Road

Cove Road · 2012

MovieDramaHorror

While an unseen serial killer stalks the imaginary town of Bluefish, New York, the accidental vehicular homicide of a young vandal by a local drug dealer leads to a case of mistaken identity that precipitates a cycle of violence and death among a house full of partying teenagers who have reunited for the first time since graduating from high school the previous year.

Producer

Kuso

MovieAnimationComedy

Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.

Original Music Composer

Cream

MovieAnimationComedy

The time has come for CREAM - the latest product that will fix your life. This is the story of Dr. Bellifer, a scientific genius, who after years of smashing particles together, reveals his revolutionary new product: a cream with the power to fix all of the world’s problems.

Producer

Wrong

MovieComedyMystery

Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.

Fireman

Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams · 2014

Imperial Dreams

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

Original Music Composer

Royal

MovieFantasyHorror

Unearthed from Los Angeles's worst quake nightmare. The story of Royal begins where the curses of human survival have left off. Inside the dark rooms and dim minds of Missy and Kenneth. Some of the strangest secrets find their way out from behind the curtain, revealing wounds that may never heal.

Director

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

The Year of the Everlasting Storm · 2021

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

MovieDramaMystery

Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.

Original Music Composer

LoveTrue

LoveTrue · 2016

MovieDocumentary

From an Alaskan strip club, a Hawaiian island, and the streets of NYC—revelatory stories emerge about a deeper definition of love.

Music

The Vandal

The Vandal · 2021

MovieScience FictionAnimation

Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from traumatic loss results in an unexpectedly destructive awakening after he undergoes a lobotomy. When the procedure “turns his mind inside out” and his great love is suddenly gone, Harold’s desperate search intensifies.

Thanks

Perfect

Perfect · 2019

MovieThrillerScience Fiction

A young man with a violent past enters a mysterious clinic where the patients wildly transform their bodies and minds using genetic engineering.

Original Music Composer

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons · 2013

Clapping for the Wrong Reasons

MovieComedyDrama

"Clapping for the Wrong Reasons" captures Glover as he walks around his L.A. mansion interacting with his various assortment of hanger-ons, including recording music with electronic musician/producer Flying Lotus and even "Boy Meets World" star Danielle Fishel, who is seen picking fruit out of a tree as she recounts a bizarre dream she had.

Wildcat

Wildcat · 2013

MovieDocumentary

Filmed in Grayson, Oklahoma, Wildcat meditatively combines documentation of a Black rodeo subculture with an abstract portrait of Joseph’s aunt who helped found the event.

Music

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1 · 2012

Wrong Cops: Chapter 1

Duke, a crooked and music-mad cop, patrols in Los Angeles’ streets, music blasting and meets a young techno lover, David Dolores Frank. Appalled by the musical tastes of the young adolescent, Duke decides to give him a good music lesson.

Customer

Fuckkkyouuu

Fuckkkyouuu · 2015

With the ability to travel in time, a lonely girl finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one of them can remain.

Music

Captain Murphy's Duality

Captain Murphy's Duality · 2012

Captain Murphy's Duality

MovieAnimationMusic

A 34-minute short film featuring songs performed by Captain Murphy as well as archived cult footage (including footage involving Heaven's Gate co-founder Marshall Applewhite), pornography, cartoons and 1980s films.

Music

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force · 2000

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

SeriesAnimationComedy

The surreal adventures of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock and Meatwad, and their human nextdoor neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski.

Theme Song Performance

Yasuke

SeriesAnimationDrama

A peaceful boatman once known as the Black Samurai is pulled back into conflict when he takes a little girl with mysterious powers under his wing.

Executive Producer

YOLO

SeriesComedyAnimation

Two Australian party girls, Sarah and Rachel, looking for fun times, new experiences, positive vibes, and hopeful horoscopes in the bizarre town of Wollongong. Sarah's quest is to find love, whereas Rachel hungers for chaos, often bringing them into conflict as they encounter surreal Australiana, strange bush creatures, and eccentric nomads.

Flying Lotus (voice)