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- Born in New York City, Benh Zeitlin is a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, composer, animator, and founding member of the Court 13 independent filmmaking collective in 2004. He majored in film at Wesleyan University. His award-winning shorts include Egg, Origins of Electricity, I Get Wet, and Glory at Sea.
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Benh Zeitlin. Director: Beasts of the Southern Wild. Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie.
- October 14, 1982
Jan 22, 2020 · Mary Cybulski. Benh Zeitlin was always going to take his time. Seven years ago, his dazzling first feature “ Beasts of the Southern Wild ” became the breakout story of the year, premiering to...
Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film.
- Director, Composer, Writer
- October 14, 1982
- 15 min
Biography. Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a filmmaker at the tender age of 6 when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film.
Jul 11, 2012 · Benh Zeitlin spent his childhood in the lower-middle class enclave of Sunnyside, Queens, jumping around and playing in an alley by his house, scoring his action in his own head with the Batman...
ARTS & CULTURE. How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild. The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina. Franz Lidz....
Mar 3, 2020 · After making his debut with the Best Picture nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin disappeared for years, working on a Peter Pan retelling called Wendy. In this interview, he ...