BIO

Eli Speigel is a freelance director and editor born and raised in Toronto.

His work spans from comedy shorts to sizzles for global toy companies, documentaries to music videos, talk-shows to advertisements and so on & on... & on.

Eli studied theatre and philosophy at the University of Guelph, but after Judith Thompson told him that no one would be interested in the kind of theatre he wanted to make, he soon pursued film!

In 2015-2017, Eli ran around with a camera and some friends and made some short films that he's a little embarrassed of now but it lead to him creating the talkshow, Liver Than Live, which NOW magazine said "thrives on spontaneity by putting live performances at the forefront" and that's... not a negative description! In 2018/2019, Eli directed and edited the web series, Blood, which premiered at the New York City Web Fest.

In the years since, his short films, Stain, Tarana Ding Dong, Mayonnaise, and The Jokes have participated in festivals as prestigious as Cannes' Short Film Corner, and as local as The Pilot in Yorkville. After puttering around the film festival circuit, Stain can be seen on Beyond The Short, Film Shortage, Kino Short of the Week, Shorted, and FlickFair; Mayonnaise can be seen on Klipist, Retrospective of Jupiter, Kino Short of the Week, Film Shortage, and Shorted; The Jokes can bee seen on Beyond the Short, and soon Film Shortage and Kino Short of the Week.

In 2023, a feature-length cinéma-vérité film he DoP'd called, Plains premiered at the Revue Cinema in Toronto and has since played in Halifax, Liepzig, and London (UK). It is now available via Tubi and Stash.

Eli is not sure if he should say more about his past credits here or just leave that to the "work" tab above. He is also sick of referring to himself in third-person and just wants you to watch his stuff and hit him up so he can keep making more.