Editing Ben Elton (section)

==== Behind the camera ====
Elton wrote and directed the film adaptation of his novel ''Inconceivable'', under the title ''[[Maybe Baby (film)|Maybe Baby]]'' (2000) starring [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Joely Richardson]]. It was a moderate UK success and distributed globally. The film was also nominated for a prize at Germany's Emden Film Festival.

In 2015, Elton wrote a song for [[The Wiggles]] for the Wiggle Town DVD and CD: ''The Wonder of Wiggle Town''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernweekender.com.au/2016/02/wiggling-into-penrith/|title=Wiggling into Penrith|first=Kate|last=Reid|date=23 February 2016|website=Westernweekender.com.au|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

In September 2016, filming began in Western Australia on ''[[Three Summers]]'', a romantic comedy film written and directed by Elton, which was released in 2017.<ref name="threesummers">{{cite news|title=Ben Elton reveals Aussie movie|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/adopted-aussie-ben-elton-begins-filming-his-first-australian-movie-in-wa/news-story/8c8627b5fc0d6a6e6c85e9af246dd046|access-date=2 August 2017|website=News.com.au}}</ref>

Elton wrote ''[[All is True (film)|All is True]]'', released 2018, a speculative story of [[William Shakespeare]]'s years in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] after his retirement from the theatre and move from London. Along with the filmcraft and acting, returning collaboration with [[Kenneth Branagh]], ''All is True'' shows Elton giving a more serious and biographical perspective to some of the same characters who appear in ''[[Upstart Crow]]''.