About

Manoli Despines is a film editor and filmmaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned a B.F.A. Film Degree at the School of Visual and Performing Arts in 2019. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Manoli has always been interested in art from a very young age, starting with music. He went on to learn how to play the piano, oboe, and guitar in elementary and middle school. He discovered his love for editing and making films in the 7th grade, where he used a 5th Generation iPod Nano and iMovie to film and edit numerous school projects.

The films and projects that Manoli works on range from music videos, to comedies, to dramas, to even experimental shorts, proving his ability to go to great lengths in creative range while still managing to make impressive work.

He's taken on numerous roles in these projects, proving his worth not only as a well rounded independent artist and total filmmaker, but as a collaborator. His strengths lie in Editing, Sound Design, Color Grading, Scriptwriting, and Directing.

When he's not making and watching films, his other interests and passions include writing and listening to music, writing original scripts and short stories, and reading about architecture, design, photography, politics, and history. His favorite film is and will probably always be Blade Runner (The Final Cut).