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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Anabel Rodríguez Ríos smiles at the camera
Anabel Rodríguez Ríos
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Maria Finitzo faces the camera and smiles with a big light behind her
Maria Finitzo
Photo: Joe Mazza
Elyse Steinberg looks directly at the camera and smiles
Elyse Steinberg
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Cecilia Aldarondo is looking away from the camera. She has medium curly hair and is wearing lipstick.
Cecilia Aldarondo
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Headshot of Ian Cheney from the shoulders up wearing a headlight and button down collared shirt
Ian Cheney
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Black and white headshot of Sharon Shattuck from the shoulders up wearing a beaded necklace and white grid-striped tank
Sharon Shattuck
Photo courtesy Sharon Shattuck
Shalini Kantayya looks directly at the camera and smiles. The wind blows her hair.
Shalini Kantayya
Photo courtesy Shalini Kantayya
black and white headshot of filmmaker Erika Cohn. a young woman with shoulder length, dark wavy hair looks directly at the camera. She has light colored eyes ringed with dark eyeliner and wears large silver earrings.
Erika Cohn
Photo courtesy Erika Cohn
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