Elim is a film director and photographer from northern Haida Gwaii, an archipelago in Canada’s North Pacific; temperate, though volatile and very much removed from mainland Canada, it belongs to the Haida. In his early career Elim worked largely with indigenous governing bodies and band councils in British Columbia. Often touching on issues of environmental conservation and education in remote locations and for minority communities. Since shifting to more commercial work and under the moniker Rising Tide, Elim has directed projects in Mexico, and West and Eastern Europe.