Trivia

He has a reputation for revealing plot-spoilers about his movies in interviews.

Also records EDM under the moniker Ansølo.

Ansel's paternal grandfather, Harry Elgort, was a Russian Jewish immigrant, while Ansel's paternal grandmother, Sophie Didimamoff, was born in New York, to parents from the Russian Empire. Ansel's maternal grandfather, Warren Barrett Holby, was a prominent Westchester real estate developer, and had English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and German ancestry. Ansel's maternal grandmother, Aase-Grethe, was Norwegian; during World War II, she served in the Resistance for the Norwegian Government-in-exile, and helped save Jews in Norway from the Holocaust. Because of these activities, Aase-Grethe was imprisoned in a concentration camp by the Nazis (from 1943 to 1944).

Son of famed fashion photographer Arthur Elgort.

Began training as a dancer at age nine at the insistence of his mother, who is a former ballerina and choreographer. He studied at the School of American Ballet.

Son of Grethe Holby, an opera director. His siblings are photographer Sophie Elgort and filmmaker Warren Elgort.

His father, a photographer, named him after renowned photographer Ansel Adams.

He and Shailene Woodley played brother and sister in the Divergent (2014) films, and love interests in The Fault in Our Stars (2014).

Attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School with Timothée Chalamet.

Has a dog named Galo.

Is friends with Joe Jonas.

Attended Fiorello H LaGuardia High School from New York City alongside Timothée Chalamet and Jharrel Jerome.

Is a New York Knicks fan.

Nephew of Kristin Holby.