American writer and documentary filmmaker
This article is about the American writer and filmmaker. For the American lawyer and civil rights activist, see
Lolis Elie
.
Lolis Eric Elie
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Elie at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
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Born
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1963-04-10
)
April 10, 1963
(age 61)
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Education
| Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
(B.S., Finance and Economics, 1985),
Columbia University School of Journalism
(M.S, 1986),
University of Virginia
(MFA, Creative Writing, 1991)
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Occupation(s)
| Writer, filmmaker
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Notable work
| Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
,
Treme (TV Series)
,
Hell on Wheels
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Lolis Eric Elie
(born April 10, 1963) is an American writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and food historian best known for his work as
story editor
of the HBO drama
Treme
and story editor of AMC's
Hell on Wheels
.
Early life and education
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Elie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of
Lolis Edward Elie
, a civil rights attorney
[1]
[2]
and Dr. Gerri Elie, a school principal and university professor. He has an older sister, Migel Elizabeth Elie.
[3]
Elie is an alumnus of the
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
(NOCCA) and a 1981 graduate of
Benjamin Franklin High School
.
[4]
He went on to attend the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
where he graduated in 1985 with a B.S. in Finance and Economics. In 1986 he received his M.S. from Columbia University's
Graduate School of Journalism
, later becoming Alumnus of the Year in 2012.
[5]
After graduating from Columbia University, Elie went on to receive an MFA in creative writing from
University of Virginia
.
[6]
Career
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Elie began his career as a business reporter for the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. He then went on to become the
road manager
for jazz musician
Wynton Marsalis
. In 1995 he became a columnist and reporter for the New Orleans
Times-Picayune
. During this time he wrote several books, including
Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
, a book that gained a cult-like following among food enthusiasts.
[7]
Elie also wrote and produced the award-winning documentary
Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
(2008), which premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival
,
[8]
was a winner at the 2008
San Francisco International Film Festival
, and which made its TV debut on
PBS
in 2009.
[9]
After leaving the
Times Picayune
in 2009, Elie became the story editor for HBO's
Treme
.
[10]
He wrote the episodes "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", "Shame, Shame, Shame" and "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" for which he won an NAACP Award.
[11]
[12]
In 2013, Elie moved to Los Angeles where he became the executive story editor for AMC's
Hell on Wheels
.
[13]
His work has appeared in the
New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Saveur
,
[14]
Gourmet, Bon Appetit
, and
Smithsonian
magazine
[15]
and he has been featured on
NPR
,
[16]
CBS News
,
[17]
and
60 Minutes
.
[18]
His work is included in
Best African American Essays
[19]
and
Best Food Writing: 2008
. He is also a contributing editor to the
Oxford American
.
[20]
Elie has been featured several times on
Travel Channel
's
No Reservations
[21]
[22]
and
The Layover
, both hosted by
Anthony Bourdain
.
[23]
Elie is one of the founders of the
Southern Foodways Alliance
.
[24]
On July 23, 2013, his book
Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans
was released.
Saveur
named the book as one of the Best July Food Books.
[25]
Works
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Television and film
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- 1997 "Postcards from New Orleans" segment on
CBS News Sunday Morning
, correspondent
- 2001
Smokestack Lightning: A Day in the Life of Barbecue
(documentary), producer
- 2006
By Invitation Only
, project advisor
- 2008
My 1st Time: Tribeca Film Festival
(TV short), himself
- 2008
Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
(documentary), writer and co-producer
- 2008
After Hours with Daniel Boulud
, himself
- 2010 "Shame, Shame, Shame" (
HBO
's
Treme
, season 1, episode 5), writer
- 2011
Treme
, story editor, 10 episodes
- 2011 "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" (
Treme
, season 2, episode 4), writer
- 2011 "That's What Lovers Do" (
Treme
, season 2, episode 10), actor
- 2011 "Cajun Country" (
Travel Channel
's
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
, season 7, episode 16), himself
- 2012 "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say" (
Treme
, season 3, episode 5), writer
- 2012
NOLAbound
(documentary), narrator
- 2013
AMC
's
Hell on Wheels
, executive story editor, 10 episodes
- 2013 "One Less Mule" (
Hell on Wheels
, season 3, episode 6), co-writer
- 2013
PBS
's
Soul Food Junkies
(
Independent Lens
documentary), himself
- 2013 "The Paper"
60 Minutes
, himself
- 2013
Super Bowl 2013 Pregame Special: New Orleans, Let the Good Times Roll
, himself
- 2014
Old South, New South
(short film), himself
- 2016
WGN America
's
Underground
, co-producer, 4 episodes
- 2017 "Changing Season" (
Oprah Winfrey Network
's
Greenleaf
season 2, episode 11), writer
- 2018 "That Was Then" (
Greenleaf
season 3, episode 7), writer
- 2018 "Fried Chicken" (
Netflix
's
Ugly Delicious
season 1, episode 6), himself
- 2018 "Zakarian vs. Darin" (
Food Network
's
Iron Chef America
season 13, episode 3), himself
- 2018
Gumbo
(documentary), himself
- 2019
Amazon Prime Video
's
The Man in the High Castle
, supervising producer, 10 episodes
- 2019 "All Serious Daring" (
The Man in the High Castle
season 4, episode 6), writer
- 2020
Showtime
's
The Chi
supervising producer, 10 episodes
- 2020 "Buss Down" (
The Chi
season 3, episode 3), writer
- 2020
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
(documentary), himself and historical advisor
- 2020
A Crime on the Bayou
(documentary), himself and consultant
- 2021
Amazon Prime Video
's
Bosch
, co-executive producer, 8 episodes
- 2021 "Triple Play" (
Bosch
season 7, episode 4), writer
Books
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- Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
(1996);
[26]
re-published in 2005
[27]
- Cornbread Nation 2: The United States of Barbecue
, editor (2004)
[28]
- Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans
(2013)
[29]
- Rodney Scott's World of BBQ
, co-author (2021)
[30]
Short fiction and essays
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]
- "Silent Spaces", short fiction in
That's What I Like (About the South)
(1993)
[31]
- "Leah Chase", essay in
Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing
(2002)
[32]
- "A Letter from New Orleans", essay in
Best Food Writing 2006
[33]
- Prospect. 1 New Orleans
(2008)
[34]
- Then … Absence
, prefatory note (2008)
[35]
- "Here They Come, There They Go", essay in
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
(2013)
[36]
- After: the Silence of the Lower 9th Ward
, preface (2014)
[37]
References
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- ^
Moorissey, Amalia (January 17, 2010).
"Island Visitor Spent His Life in the Civil Rights Movement"
.
St. Croix Source
. Retrieved
August 11,
2013
.
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Gabrielle Turner.
"Life of Lolis Elie"
. Cat.xula.edu
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Laborde, Errol (2013).
Mardi Gras: Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival
. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 195.
ISBN
978-1-4556-1764-7
.
- ^
"Digital Yearbooks"
.
www.bfhsla.org
. Benjamin Franklin High School
. Retrieved
August 11,
2017
.
- ^
"Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Four prominent graduates to receive 2012 Alumni Award"
(Press release). Columbia University. November 22, 2011. Archived from
the original
on August 5, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
New Orleans Magazine Interview with Lolis Eric Elie
http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/September-2013/Q-A-with-Lolis-Eric-Elie/
- ^
"BBQ&A: Lolis Eric Elie, Writer and Filmmaker"
. BBQ Jew. March 17, 2010
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere
http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/512cfcc61c7d76e046002143-faubourg-treme-the-untold
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The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
https://www.pbs.org/programs/faubourg-treme/
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"Lolis Eric Elie on U Look Hungry Radio"
. Ulookhungry.tumblr.com. June 28, 2012
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
"Previous Winners - The 44th NAACP Image Awards Show"
. Naacpimageawards.net. Archived from
the original
on May 29, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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"Former Times-Picayune columnist Lolis Eric Elie wins award, and other Jazz and Razz"
. NOLA Media Group. February 28, 2012
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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NFL Network.
"
'Treme' writer Lolis Eric Elie lands job on AMC's 'Hell on Wheels'
"
.
NOLA.com
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Lolis Elie (April 3, 2013).
"New Orleans"
. Saveur.com
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Lolis Elie.
"Best. Gumbo. Ever"
. Smithsonianmag.com
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Tell Me More (May 3, 2010).
"HBO Series Focuses On Post-Katrina New Orleans"
. NPR
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Couric, Katie (August 28, 2007).
"10 Questions: Life After Katrina"
. CBS News
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
GDave Walker (January 6, 2013).
"CBS' '60 Minutes' reports on changes at The Times-Picayune"
.
The Times-Picayune
. NOLA.com
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Early, Gerald; Kennedy, Randall (December 29, 2009).
Best African American Essays 2010
.
ISBN
9780553806922
.
- ^
Elie, Lolis (June 11, 2009).
"ISSUE 64: America's Greatest Hits : Oxford American - The Southern Magazine of Good Writing"
. Oxford American. Archived from
the original
on October 14, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Anthony Bourdain, Lolis Elie.
Treme with Lolis Elie
(video). The Travel Channel
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Anthony Bourdain, Lolis Elie.
Legendary fried chicken
.
Travelchannel.com
(video). The Travel Channel
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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"Calling New Orleans Home"
.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain
. Travel Channel
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
"Meet Lolis Eric Elie of Southern Foodways Alliance"
.
Southern Living
. January 13, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
- ^
"Books Worth Buying: July 2013"
. Saveur.com. July 24, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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Elie, Lolis Eric (1996).
Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
. photographs by
Frank Stewart
(1st ed.). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
ISBN
9780374266462
.
LCCN
94-40211
.
OCLC
31433928
.
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Elie, Lolis Eric (2005).
Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
. photographs by
Frank Stewart
. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press.
ISBN
9781580086608
.
LCCN
2005-283088
.
OCLC
60384622
.
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Elie, Lolis Eric, ed. (2004).
Cornbread Nation 2: The United States of Barbecue
. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
ISBN
9780807855560
.
LCCN
2004-13682
.
OCLC
55633637
.
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Elie, Lolis Eric (2013).
Treme: Stories and Recipes from the Heart of New Orleans
. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books.
ISBN
9781452109695
.
LCCN
2012-44421
.
OCLC
817582232
.
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Scott, Rodney
; Elie, Lolis Eric (2021).
Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day is a Good Day
(First ed.). New York: Clarkson Potter.
ISBN
9781984826930
.
LCCN
2020-946687
.
OCLC
1240709186
.
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Garrett, George
; Ruffin, Paul, eds. (1993).
"Silent Spaces"
.
That's What I Like (About the South), and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties
. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 136?140.
ISBN
9780872498631
.
LCCN
92-43168
.
OCLC
27068387
.
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Egerton, John, ed. (2002).
"Leah Chase"
.
Cornbread Nation 1: The Best of Southern Food Writing
. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 9?13.
ISBN
9780807854198
.
LCCN
2002-6417
.
OCLC
49743375
.
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Hughes, Holly, ed. (2006).
"A Letter from New Orleans"
.
Best Food Writing 2006
. New York: Marlowe and Company. pp. 326?330.
ISBN
9781569242872
.
OCLC
71783584
.
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Bloemink, Barbara J.
;
Cameron, Dan
; Elie, Lolis Eric;
Tancons, Claire
(2008).
Prospect. 1 New Orleans: November 1, 2008 ? January 18, 2009
(1st ed.). Brooklyn, New York: Picturebox.
ISBN
9780981562292
.
OCLC
886394454
.
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Rosenthal, John (2009).
Then … Absence: Losing the Lower 9th Ward
. New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans African-American Museum.
OCLC
664732210
.
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Solnit, Rebecca
; Snedeker, Rebecca (2013).
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
ISBN
9780520274037
.
LCCN
2013-14799
.
OCLC
1264964081
.
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Rosenthal, John (2014).
After: the Silence of the Lower 9th Ward
. Asheville, North Carolina: Safe Harbor Books.
ISBN
9780979822674
.
LCCN
2014-944058
.
OCLC
953032362
.
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- Attica Locke
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- Davita Scarlett (2021)
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