In 2013, Eli LaBan stepped onto Temple’s campus as a freshman psychology major unsure of the direction he wanted to go. In May, he’ll leave as an Emmy Award-winning videographer who has traveled the world, telling people’s stories through his lens...

Eli LaBan, KLN '17, has been named a Princeton in Africa Fellow for 2018. LaBan will be in Rwanda for a 12-month fellowship where he will work with the grassroots NGO Gardens For Health.

Eli LaBan will probably start checking his spam folder more often.
The recent Temple University grad — he studied media studies and production — received an email, congratulating him on his nomination for a College Television Award, run by the Television Academy Foundation (aka the Emmy Awards).

Tichina Arnold interviews Eli LaBan, winner of the College Emmy - Unscripted Series for "Learn to Count in an Endangered Language" at the College Television Awards Gala in North Hollywood, California.

This past fall, LaBan spent his semester on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. During his time there, he created a series of short social media videos to raise awareness of the endangered languages, Garifuna, Rama, and Miskito...

After switching majors, Eli saw studying abroad as a way to get a foot in the door of a career

At Klein College, more and more students are creating professional-level work. Media Studies and Production alumnus Eli Laban won a National College Emmy for his video series "Learn to Count in an Endangered Language."

Whether in Nicaragua, Philadelphia or South Africa, award-winning videographer Eli LaBan thrives on finding the commonalities between people.

The School for International Training has named SIT Study Abroad alumnus Eli LaBan as the next Alice Rowan Swanson fellow. LaBan will return to Nicaragua to digitize a disappearing language, develop teaching tools, and draw more attention to indigenous culture...

One recent Temple University graduate is riding high thanks to an award from the Television Academy Foundation for a video project he filmed while studying in Nicaragua.

Filmmaker Eli LaBan has worked primarily in documentaries, but ventured into the world of narrative film as Director of Photography and co-editor of The Art of Being Izzy. Made as a capstone project for the Media Studies and Production Major at Temple University, the film follows a Chinese-American college student as she struggles to come to terms with her cultural identity.

Whether in Nicaragua, Philadelphia or South Africa, award-winning videographer Eli LaBan thrives on finding the commonalities between people.