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Portrait of Nathan Ellis

Honor Society® member

Nathan Ellis

US Army Aviation Officer (Captain) at US Army (Ft Rucker AL - Ft Drum NY - Ft Hood TX - Afghanistan - USAG Yongsan, South Korea)

  • University of Southern California
  • Film Production (Directing)
  • Class of 2015
  • Santa Clarita, California

Member since June 2014

About

US Army Aviation Officer (Black Hawk Pilot / Huey Pilot) 2006-2013

Education

  • Austin Peay State University

    Media Technologies

    2002 – 2006

Honors and awards

  • Top Graduating Senior Award (Communcations Dept.) Austin Peay State University

  • Army Aviation Association of America Cadet of the Year Award (2006)

    Top ranked cadet nationwide branched Aviation

  • President's Award

    ROTC award for being within the top 1% of cadets nationwide

  • George C. Marshall Award for Leadership

    Only one cadet per ROTC program is nominated

  • Bronze Star Medal

    For outstanding leadership and performance while deployed into combat during OEF 10-11

  • Air Medal with Valor Device

    For heroism in combat while conducting an emergency exfiltration of over 100 NATO personnel under extreme enemy fire

Goals and interests

Career goal

Film Production Company Owner
Filmmaker (focus on Directing)

Graduate school interests

Networking
Film Production

Outside the classroom

Aviaiton, flying, filmmaking, writing and composing music, exercising

Experience

  • US Army Aviation Officer (Captain)

    US Army (Ft Rucker AL - Ft Drum NY - Ft Hood TX - Afghanistan - USAG Yongsan, South Korea)

    May 2006 – May 2013

Volunteering

  • Humanitarian Volunteer

    Various Organizations

Additional information

  • Sigma Chi

  • Veterans in Film & Television