ELI DESPRES & KIM ROBERTS - Writers/DirectorsDespres and Roberts are husband-and-wife filmmakers who have been working in the film business for over 10 years. Roberts is an Emmy nominated Editor who has cut some of the most celebrated documentaries of recent years including Oscar nominees DAUGHTER FROM DANANG and LONG NIGHT'S JOURNEY INTO DAY, LOST BOYS OF SUDAN, A HARD STRAIGHT, and DADDY & PAPA. She received her Masters Degree in Documentary Film Production from Stanford University. Despres got his start as an Apprentice Editor in Roger Corman's studios on such films as BLOODFIST V, and CARNASAUR. Despres is a self-taught filmmaker whose short films have screened at festivals internationally. Roberts and Despres have co-written several award-winning screenplays together, including HOW TO BE GINA, Grand Prize winner at the CineStory Screenplay Competition. They won the Film Arts Foundation's Robin Eickman Screenwriting Grant for WILDERNESS SURVIVAL FOR GIRLS. Their short films have won a Student Academy Award, Golden Gate Award, and many others. This is their first feature film.
