Eli Powers is a New York City based writer and director. In 2018 he released the dark comedy short Holy Moses, starring and executive produced by Amanda Seyfried. Holy Moses World Premiered at the Raindance Film Festival, followed by a North American Premiere at the 25th annual Austin Film Festival. 2020 brought in Fish, starring Greg Vrotsos, a nostalgic ode to Powers' hometown of Cape Cod for which he won the New England Director Award at Flickers’ RIIFF. In 2021, Powers teamed up with Seyfried once again for the horror proof-of-concept Skin & Bone, which is currently on the festival circuit and has screened in competition at multiple Oscar-Qualifying qualifying festivals including: Tribeca, Palm Springs, and Aspen.
In 2024, he was named by Filmmaker Magazine as 1 of 25 New Faces of Independent Film.