ELI SLAVKIN
Filmmaker. Composer. Educator. Storyteller.
Eli Slavkin is an internationally influenced film composer and documentarian with a deep love of music and cultures from around the world.
Eli's core mission as a bilingual global-minded composer is to celebrate and share diverse cultures by producing and scoring a series of documentaries, taking cultures unfamiliar to most people and bringing them to light. His bravery and independence to travel in countries by himself where he doesn’t speak the language, combined with his keen ability to deeply empathize with the people in these very places makes his approach to composition and storytelling truly unique and incredibly personal. Having lived in LA, Boston, Valéncia, Madrid, Castellón de la Plana, and having traveled extensively by himself through more than 20 countries, he has realized the importance of sharing seemingly disparate perspectives and cultures in order to make the world more interconnected and empathetic.
Early Years:
Before his career as a student at Berklee College of Music, Eli was able to dedicate himself more fully to music by attending an online high school for his senior year. He took private lessons at the University of Southern California’s prestigious Thornton School of Music from the chair of the Studio/ Jazz Guitar department, Frank Potenza, and was selected as the guitarist for the L.A. Jazz Society's 19th Bill Green Mentorship Program.
During his last year of high school, Eli also was a volunteer teacher and mentor for students in Harmony Project, the largest nonprofit organization solely dedicated to providing free music education to low-income youth in Los Angeles. He taught group guitar classes to kids in one of the Harmony Project’s mariachi bands, and played in the rhythm section for the advanced jazz ensemble class taught at Los Angeles City College. During the year Eli lived in LA after graduating from Berklee, he re-joined the organization as a Programs Administrator as well as a Teaching Artist, teaching music technology and guitar. He continued his passion for teaching as a Core Music Tutor at Berklee, where he was certified by the College Reading and Learning Association as a Master Certified Tutor. He has also worked as a supervisor for the Core Music Tutoring department at Berklee's campus in Boston, as well as a Student Ambassador, Orientation Leader, and Resident Activities Coordinator.
Main Collaborators:
 Jack WallEli is currently signed to Jack's label as a composer and has previously worked as his composer assistant. | |||||||
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 Jeff RonaJeff reached out to Eli to start a music production and scoring program for a non-profit. |  Lucas VidalEli previously worked as an assistant music editor / composer assistant for Lucas in Madrid, before returning to LA. |  Morgana AcevedoEli worked closely with Morgana as an assistant music editor for Lucas Vidal in Madrid. |  Facundo TossoFacundo is a film editor and director who edited Eli's debut documentary, Festival of Fire: The Artists of Las Fallas. |  Brooke NorthrupBrooke was the co-director and director of photography for Eli's debut documentary, Festival of Fire: The Artists of Las Fallas. |  Serin OhSerin and Eli co-hosted a podcast in Valencia, Spain and continue to work together as creative entrepreneurs. |  Paula WyczechowskaPaula is a visual artist and photographer based in Poland who Eli continues to collaborate with on projects. |  Christian-Frédéric BloquertChris is a fellow composer and conductor who Eli regularly shares musical ideas and inspiration with. |
Credits
Hogar (Netflix original film), 2020
Salir del Ropero (film), 2020
Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri (film), 2019
Élite (Netflix original series, season 2), 2019
Festival of Fire: The Artists of Las Fallas (documentary), 2019
Something about Heroes (video game), 2018
A Swan Song (short film), 2018
Francis (short film), 2018