A former resident of Skokie, IL and an award-winning, Marin County-based cinematographer, Eli Adler has worked for more than 30 years with many talented documentary producers. In 2000, for the documentary Holocaust in my Body, Eli traveled to Auschwitz for the first time. As the son of a Polish Holocaust survivor, the experience was very difficult, knowing that this was the place that his father's sister perished. "There is something quite profound when one actually steps foot on that hallowed ground," said Adler. "It was then that I knew I needed to come back at some point and make my own film." Adler has photographed several Holocaust-related films, including Hope Out of the Ashes (1985) and Loosening The Grip (1999). For the Shoah Foundation, Eli served as director of photography for the film One Day in Auschwitz, which aired on Discovery and Showtime.
Mill Valley Film Festival
