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Eli Craig’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Author

Mia Horton

Published Feb 28, 2026

IntroAmerican actor and director
IsActor 
Film director 
Screenwriter 
Film producer 
FromUnited States of America 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gendermale
Birth25 May 1972, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Age:48 years

Elijah Matthew “Eli” Craig (born May 25, 1972) is an American screenwriter and film director, who started his Hollywood career as an actor. Craig wrote and directed the cult horror comedy movie Tucker & Dale vs Evil, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the audience award at SXSW. His next film Little Evil, starring Evangeline Lilly and Adam Scott, will be released in 2017, on Netflix.

Family

He is Sally Field’s second son. His older brother Peter Craig is a screenwriter and novelist. His half-brother John Craig is a musician. He also has another younger half-brother named Sam Greisman, who is Sally Field’s youngest son.

Craig is married to actress and former yellow Power Ranger Sasha Williams, and together they have 2 children: Noah Craig, born in 2006, and Colin, born in 2014.

Filmography

  • Deal of a Lifetime (1999) Actor, playing Kevin Johnson
  • The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Actor, playing Chuck
  • Space Cowboys (2000) Actor, playing Young William “Hawk” Hawkins, USAF
  • Intertwined Lives (2003 short documentary) Editor
  • Art Thief Musical! (2004 short) Producer
  • The Elephant’s Egg (2004 short) Associate Producer
  • The Tao of Pong (2004 short) Writer & Director
  • Racer Number 9 (2005 short) Actor, playing Buddy Werner
  • Fast Money (2006 short) Producer
  • Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010) Writer and Director
  • Moving Pictures Live!: “Underground Comedy” (2010) as Himself
  • Brothers & Sisters: “Get a Room” (2010) Director
  • Little Evil (2017) Writer & Director