[citation needed] His first two feature films, Frauds (starring musician Phil Collins) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, along with his shorter films Fast and The Agreement were produced by Rebel Penfold-Russell's Australian production company Latent Image Productions.

[1] His film Easy Virtue, co-written with Sheridan Jobbins, is based on the Noël Coward play of the same name.

It stars Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel and Ben Barnes and was produced by Barnaby Thompson for Ealing Studios in the UK, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2008.

He also wrote the script for the stage play of Priscilla, which premiered in 2007 at Sydney's Lyric Theatre in Star City.

[citation needed] Elliott came out as gay during his presentation at the inaugural AACTA Awards in Sydney on 31 January 2012.