Elegance Bratton (Directing)

Elegance Bratton (born May 3, 1979) is an American filmmaker and photographer. He began his career in the 2010s, writing, directing, and producing a variety of projects, including the short film Walk for Me, the reality television series My House, and the documentary film Pier Kids. Bratton's feature film directorial debut, The Inspection, premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and was released by A24 that November. Elegance was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. At age 16, he was kicked out of his home for being gay and spent 10 years being homeless before joining the Marines. After completing his boot camp, he served as a combat camera production specialist in Camp H. M. Smith in Hawaii, shooting videos and taking photographs for the Marines, and after serving for six years, he was honourably discharged. He went on to graduate from Columbia University with...Read More