Eli started his career as a military photojournalist and he is a Cinematography graduate of the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles.
Eli has worked in several roles in the camera department on films such as: She Is Coming Home, Endtime, Redleaves, and Blush. His earlier cinematography work includes: the feature film Hospitality and the television series: Alesia: Ground Zero, and Disengaged.
More recently, Eli shot the supernatural drama Lamb, about a childless Icelandic couple who discover a mysterious newborn on their farm. He has also shot the 3rd season of the Netflix series Trapped, about two police detectives in a remote Icelandic town.\xa0