Hunter Ellis

Part of a family with a strong tradition in the United States Navy, Ellis is the grandson of Naval Aviator and Vice Admiral Donald D. Engen. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in political science, before entering the Navy as a commissioned officer and being designated as a Naval Aviator following completion of flight training. Ellis graduated first in his flight training class and, during his ten-year military service, he amassed 433 carrier landings and more than two thousand hours of flight time in the F/A-18 Hornet.{{cite web |last1=Wilkes |first1=Neil |title=survivor marquesas {{!}} Hunter Ellis |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a6445/survivor-marquesas-6445/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=27 February 2002}}

After resigning his commission, Ellis worked for a time as a pilot for FedEx Corporation.{{Cite web |title=Hunter Ellis Survivor: Marquesas bio at CBS |url=http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/bio/hunter_4/bio.php |access-date=December 30, 2009 |publisher=CBS}}

Ellis is a member of the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega. He previously lived in Austin, Texas and currently resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and two children.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

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Ellis was a participant in the reality TV program Survivor: Marquesas, which was filmed in 2001 and aired in 2002.

He was initially cast on the Maraamu tribe, alongside Gina Crews, Peter Harkey, Patricia Jackson, Sarah Jones, Rob Mariano, Sean Rector, and Vecepia Towery. Ellis was the "leader" of the tribe, and formed an alliance with Crews, which helped him survive the first two votes, but after Maraamu lost the third immunity challenge in a row, he was voted out on day 9 as he was seen as a controlling threat by Mariano.{{Cite news |last=Cosgrove-Mather |first=Bootie |date=March 14, 2002 |title=Heave-Ho For Hunky Hunter |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heave-ho-for-hunky-hunter/ |access-date=December 30, 2009}}{{Cite news |last=Shaw |first=Jessica |date=March 15, 2002 |title=Plane Awful |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,218117,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015183251/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,218117,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=December 30, 2009}}{{Cite web |title=Hunter Ellis profile |url=http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/worst-survivor-players.asp |access-date=May 14, 2018 |publisher=Top-tens.comzAutos.com}}

Subsequently, Ellis became the host of several nationally televised programs. The first of these was Tactical to Practical{{Cite news |last=Oei |first=Lily |date=May 6, 2003 |title=History net launching new fronts |publisher=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/features/history-net-launching-new-fronts-1117885716/ |access-date=December 30, 2009}} (also known as Tactical to Practical With Hunter Ellis), which aired on The History Channel as a program that took a historical look at the development of common consumer electronic products which originated as military research projects.{{Cite news |last=Sandell |first=Scott |date=September 13, 2003 |title=PUTTING MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO CIVILIAN USE |publisher=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/405019761.html?dids=405019761:405019761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+13%2C+2003&author=Scott+Sandell++Los+Angeles+Times+Zap2it.com&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PUTTING+MILITARY+TECHNOLOGY+TO+CIVILIAN+USE&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024120406/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/405019761.html?dids=405019761:405019761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+13,+2003&author=Scott+Sandell++Los+Angeles+Times+Zap2it.com&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PUTTING+MILITARY+TECHNOLOGY+TO+CIVILIAN+USE&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2009}} It lasted for three seasons, with 38 episodes airing in 2003-04.

In 2004, he began co-hosting 9 on the Town, a half-hour program airing five days a week on KCAL-TV (channel 9), an independent station in Los Angeles, California. In 2005, he began hosting another show on The History Channel, called Man, Moment, Machine. Episodes of this show focus on the historical consequences of the momentary interaction between a particular individual and a specific technology.

In 2007, Ellis became the host of Digging for the Truth,{{Cite web |title=Meet the New Host |url=http://www.history.com/content/diggingforthetruth/meet-the-new-host |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429205707/http://www.history.com/content/diggingforthetruth/meet-the-new-host |archive-date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=December 28, 2009 |publisher=History Channel}}{{Cite news |last=Dempsey |first=John |date=May 22, 2007 |title=History to do more 'Digging' |publisher=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/history-to-do-more-digging-1117965643/ |access-date=December 30, 2009}} and in 2008 became host of In Harm's Way.{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Stuart |date=August 5, 2008 |title=Hunter Ellis to host 'In Harm's Way' |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990132.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&query=Hunter+Ellis |access-date=December 29, 2009 |publisher=Variety}}{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2008 |title=Ex-'Survivor' castaway Hunter Ellis to host The CW's 'In Harm's Way' |url=http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ex-survivor-castaway-hunter-ellis-host-cw-in-harm-way-7610.php |access-date=December 28, 2009 |publisher=Reality TV World}}

Ellis was a news anchor for KEYE-TV news in Austin, Texas from 2011 until he left in 2014 to focus full-time on documentaries.{{Cite web |title=Morning anchor Hunter Ellis leaves KEYE - TV & Radio |url=http://tvradio.blog.austin360.com/2015/01/05/morning-anchor-hunter-ellis-leaves-keye/ |access-date=May 23, 2017}}

• Survivor (3 episodes, 2002)
• Tactical to Practical (2003) (TV)
• 9 on the Town (2004) (TV)
• Test Drive (1 episode, 2005) (TV)
• Man, Moment, Machine (13 episodes, 2005–2007)
• Extreme Yachts (2006) (TV)
• Digging for the Truth (8 episodes, 2007)
• In Harm's Way (2008) (TV)
• A Grail of Two Idiots (2012) (short)
• Misirlou (2013)

In 2003, Ellis received an Emmy nomination for hosting Countdown to Survivor: The Amazon for KCBS-TV,{{Cite web |title=56th ANNUAL LOS ANGELES AREA EMMY AWARDS |url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2004la/2004laawards.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719071114/http://www.emmys.org/awards/2004la/2004laawards.php |archive-date=July 19, 2006 |access-date=December 30, 2009 |website=Google cache |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}} and in 2006 he received a Los Angeles Emmy Award for hosting Hola! Survivor: Guatemala, also for KCBS.{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2006 |title=Winners of the 58th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Announced |url=http://www.emmys.tv/2009/winners-58th-annual-los-angeles-area-emmy-awards-announced |access-date=December 30, 2009 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}} In an article published on December 1, 2003, People magazine named him one of the 20 sexiest men on cable television.{{Cite news |date=December 1, 2003 |title=Hunter Ellis: Fly Guy |publisher=People |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20148757,00.html |access-date=December 28, 2009}}

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• [http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20683 Hunter Ellis biography] at for Survivor: Marquesas at CBS.com

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