Eli Benavidez

Los Angeles, California, United States
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Everything that's meant to happen does.

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(24, 62, 124); font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; "><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">E</span></b>lias Benavidez is an independent writer/director originally from Mesa, Arizona.&nbsp; After graduating with a BFA Degree in Media Arts at the University of Arizona, he moved to Los Angeles where he has gained film experience at Marvel Studios (<i>Spider-Man 2</i>,&nbsp;<i>X-Men: The Last Stand</i>, and&nbsp;<i>Fantastic Four</i>) and Zucker-Netter Productions (<i>Scary Movie 3</i>), and has also garnered professional theatre experience from the Broadway company PLUS Entertainment in New York City where he worked on&nbsp;<i>Shout! The Mod Musical.</i>&nbsp;Most recently, he learned the business side of the industry at the film agency Dattner &amp; Dispoto (<i>Benjamin Button’s</i></span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; ">&nbsp;Claudio Miranda,&nbsp;<i>The Wrestler’s&nbsp;</i></span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; ">Maryse Alberti), just finished working on the Jon Favreau film&nbsp;<i>Cowboys &amp; Aliens, </i>and is currently working on Oren Moverman's <i>Rampart</i></span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; ">.&nbsp; Creatively, he has directed several short films including&nbsp;<i>Just Coffee&nbsp;</i>(Puro Mexicano Film Festival),&nbsp;<i>Park Bench&nbsp;</i>(Cannes Film Festival, Paris Film Festival, Sedona International Film Festival), and most recently a French short entitled&nbsp;<i>A Note to Etienne.&nbsp;&nbsp;</i>He has also worked on several theatre productions including&nbsp;<i>Scenes from an Execution</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Romeo and Juliet</i>.</span></span><br>

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