Eli Despres looks directly at the camera.
Eli Despres
Photo courtesy Eli Despres
Director, Producer & Editor

Eli Despres (he/him), A.C.E. co-wrote and edited the BAFTA-nominated Weiner (IFC/Showtime) and Blackfish (also BAFTA-nominated and shortlisted for the Academy Awards). His other writing and editing credits include Red Army (Cannes 2014, Sony Pictures), They Call Us Monsters (PBS), the Emmy Award-winning investigative journalism series Exposé (PBS), and feature documentary City Lax (ESPN). Eli was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Documentary award in 2014 and 2017.

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films by Eli Despres
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