ELI LABAN

I believe that dynamic visual storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to spread ideas across audiences, languages and cultures. From community projects, to regional nonprofits, to international organizations, I utilize the power of great stories to create videos that inspire people and produce social impact.
 
I've worked on projects pertaining to social development, cultural preservation and education across the world. Early in my career, I was honored with a Mid-Atlantic Emmy for my work as a video editor with NBC Philadelphia, as well as a National College Emmy Award for a video series I created about endangered languages in Nicaragua. Soon after, I worked as a Princeton in Africa Communications Fellow with Gardens for Health International, a grassroots NGO working to end chronic malnutrition in Rwanda. I was selected as a 2020 Fulbright grantee to produce videos for a Garifuna language preservation effort with the National Autonomous University of Honduras, which I carried out in 2023 after pandemic delays, and have been working on ever since. I currently work as a Production Supervisor at Big Picture Alliance, where I lead an Emmy Award-winning video production team and teach intensive youth apprenticeship programs in Philadelphia. 

In addition to working on international projects, I love to help small businesses, non-profits and community organizations in the Philadelphia area bring their stories to life by producing short documentaries, promotional videos and animations. I am also a Part 107 certified drone pilot and fluent in Spanish.

If you are interested in video production, animation or editing work, please don't hesitate to reach out to elabancbk@gmail.com, or via phone or WhatsApp at +1-215-384-3750.