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Eli Despres, ACE, created and Executive Produced the acclaimed HBO series 'Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show' alongside star Jerrod Carmichael and director Ari Katcher. He created and directed the hit Showtime series 'Couples Therapy' with Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg.
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Eli Despres, ACE, created and directed the acclaimed Showtime series Couples Therapy with partners Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg. He co-wrote and edited 'Weiner' (winner of the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, BAFTA nominee & shortlisted for the Academy Awards, 97% 'Fresh' at rottentomatoes.com).
Eli Despres, ACE, created and directed the acclaimed Showtime series Couples Therapy with partners Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg. He co-wrote and edited 'Weiner' (winner of the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, BAFTA nominee & shortlisted for the Academy Awards, 97% 'Fresh' at rottentomatoes.com).
Eli Despres Director/Producer/Editor, The Fight Elyse Steinberg, Joshua Kriegman & Eli Despres (directors/producers, The Fight ) previously collaborated on the documentary Weiner , a Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner and BAFTA Award nominee that was shortlisted for an Academy Award.
Jan 25, 2020 · Filmmakers Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres—whose previous documentary, Weiner, was a Grand Jury Prize winner—are back at the Sundance Film Festival with a new project, The Fight, which tells the story of the ACLU’s battle against the Trump administration on a number of civil rights cases.
Jul 31, 2020 · With the film arriving in virtual cinemas this week, Despres shared how the film, shot over three years, came together, offering a unique glimpse into the generally private legal organization and how as filmmakers they rose to their own challenge to do justice to subjects who have sacrificed so much to seek it for all.
July 30, 2020. 0 Comments. Back in June, during the virtual 2020 AFI DOCS, I was granted the opportunity to chat with not one, not two, but all three directors of the documentary The Fight (which I actually saw and reviewed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the last live fest I attended).
