Kris Elgstrand is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 2014 film Songs She Wrote About People She Knows, which received several Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016; Elgstrand himself was a nominee in the Best Original Song category for the film's song "Asshole Dave". Elgstrand has also written a number of stage plays, including Black Codes, Murder Ballads, The Boys, Steve's New Day and Songs of the Sad Sack, and has been active as a musician and songwriter. He is married to actress and designer Arabella Bushnell.