Eli Despres ACE created and directed the acclaimed Showtime series Couples Therapy with partners Josh Kriegman Elyse Steinberg He cowrote and edited Weiner winner of the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize BAFTA nominee shortlisted for the Academy Awards 97 Fresh at rottentomatoescom Despres cowrote and edited Blackfish BAFTA nominee shortlisted for the Academy Awards 98 Fresh at rottentomatoescom which was viewed by over 21 million people in the US alone has catalyzed state and federal legislation His other writing and editing credits include Red Army Cannes 2014 Sony Pictures Classics 97 Fresh at rottentomatoescom They Call Us Monsters PBS the Emmywinning investigative journalism series Exposé PBS feature documentary City Lax ESPN short documentary At Risk ACAP and the fiction feature Wilderness Survival for Girls ContentFilmImage Entertainment which he also directed The Hollywood Reporter described his work as Shattering Eli Despres edits with propulsive narrative drive Eli was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Documentary award in 2014 and 2017 He is an active member of the American Cinema Editors ACE and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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