--- name: "Flying Lotus" canonical: "https://film.one/person/flying-lotus" fi1m_id: "flying-lotus" imdb_id: "nm2196468" tmdb_id: 1056739 wikidata_id: "Q139121" roles: ["Composer","Director"] born: "7 October 1983" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T05:04:43.856641+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Flying Lotus ## Identity Flying Lotus - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/flying-lotus - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** flying-lotus - **IMDb ID:** nm2196468 - **TMDB ID:** 1056739 - **Wikidata ID:** Q139121 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Lotus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139121, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2196468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056739 Composer and director. Born 7 October 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer, Director - **Born:** 7 October 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Also known as:** Steven Ellison, Captain Murphy, FlyLo, Steve Ellison, DJ Flying Lotus, Steven D. Bingley-Ellison , steve - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Lotus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139121, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2196468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1056739 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*V/H/S/Mixtape*](https://film.one/film/v-h-s-mixtape.md) (57) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Flying Lotus, born Steven Ellison on 7 October 1983 in Los Angeles, California, is an American composer, record producer, filmmaker and rapper. He is also known by the aliases FlyLo and Captain Murphy. He has composed original music for films including *The Furious* (2026), for which he contributed the end-credits song 'Mudhole' under his Captain Murphy persona, *Ash* (2025), which he also directed, *V/H/S/99* (2022), *Yasuke* (2021) and *Kuso* (2017). He founded the record label Brainfeeder and has directed several feature films. Ellison is the grandson of songwriter Marilyn McLeod and the grand-nephew of jazz pianist Alice Coltrane. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenanarchy.com, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) - *V/H/S/Mixtape* (2026), Fi1m 57, Director, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/v-h-s-mixtape.md) ### Crew (1) — the average rests on these - *The Furious* (2026), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) ## Complete filmography (34) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *V/H/S/Mixtape* (2026), Music, Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/v-h-s-mixtape.md) - *The Furious* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md) - *Night Patrol* (2026), as Three Deuce - *Ash* (2025), as Davis · Director, Original Music Composer, Executive Producer - *V/H/S/99* (2022), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Music - *The Year of the Everlasting Storm* (2021), Original Music Composer - *The Vandal* (2021), Thanks - *Yasuke* (2021), series, Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Music Producer, Story, Main Title Theme Composer - *YOLO* (2020), series, as Flying Lotus (voice) - *Perfect* (2019), Original Music Composer, Executive Producer - *Game Over, Man!* (2018), as Hostage Steve / DJ Flying Lotus - *The Cook Up with Ghetto Gastro* (2018), series, Actor - *Family Feud* (2018), Music - *Blade Runner: Black Out 2022* (2017), Original Music Composer - *Kuso* (2017), as Policeman · Original Music Composer, Writer, Director - *Cream* (2016), as Various Characters (voice) · Producer - *Royal* (2016), Director, Music - *Raised by Krump* (2016), Music - *LoveTrue* (2016), Music - *Fuckkkyouuu* (2015), Music, Sound Designer - *A Portrait of Noomi Rapace* (2014), Music - *Imperial Dreams* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Wrong Cops* (2013), as Customer - *Clapping for the Wrong Reasons* (2013), Actor - *Wildcat* (2013), Music - *The Mirror Between Us* (2012), Music - *Captain Murphy's Duality* (2012), Music - *Wrong* (2012), as Fireman - *Wrong Cops: Chapter 1* (2012), as Customer - *Cove Road* (2012), Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography - *An Oversimplification of Her Beauty* (2012), Original Music Composer - *The Terrys* (2011), Music - *Watts and Volts* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Aqua Teen Hunger Force* (2000), series, as Theme Song Performance ## Gallery - ![Flying Lotus (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-172b18ee99ba.jpg) Flying Lotus (2008) — Simon Fernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Flying-Lotus.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cali-bred DJ Flying Lotus performs a late-night set Friday at Bonnaroo. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-961911be777c.jpg) Cali-bred DJ Flying Lotus performs a late-night set Friday at Bonnaroo. (2012) — Jon Elbaz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flying_Lotus%2C_Bonnaroo_2012_%287373612680%29.jpg/1280px-Flying_Lotus%2C_Bonnaroo_2012_%287373612680%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Flying Lotus performing at the North Coast Music Festival on September 5, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-ef223b9b913c.jpg) Flying Lotus performing at the North Coast Music Festival on September 5, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. — Gozamos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flying_Lotus_North_Coast_Music_Festival_%284971051031%29.jpg/1280px-Flying_Lotus_North_Coast_Music_Festival_%284971051031%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Flying Lotus performing at the North Coast Music Festival on September 5, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-7ec5cff4df6c.jpg) Flying Lotus performing at the North Coast Music Festival on September 5, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. — Gozamos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flying_Lotus_North_Coast_Music_Festival_%284971664422%29.jpg/1280px-Flying_Lotus_North_Coast_Music_Festival_%284971664422%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Flying Lotus](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-50c2bcf95884.jpg) Flying Lotus — Image via TMDB - ![Flying Lotus at SXSW 2025 Premiere of ‘Ash’](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-e7eef8a42256.jpg) Flying Lotus at SXSW 2025 Premiere of ‘Ash’ — Kolby Ari, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flying_Lotus_at_SXSW_2025_Premiere_of_%E2%80%98Ash%E2%80%99.jpg/1280px-Flying_Lotus_at_SXSW_2025_Premiere_of_%E2%80%98Ash%E2%80%99.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Flying Lotus @ ACL Music Fest 2016](https://film.one/media/person/93433/gallery-1aaa14ff97fa.jpg) Flying Lotus @ ACL Music Fest 2016 — Chris, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flying_Lotus_at_the_ACL_Music_Fest%2C_2016.jpg/1280px-Flying_Lotus_at_the_ACL_Music_Fest%2C_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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