Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012
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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.
- Director, Composer, Writer
- October 14, 1982
- 15 min
- Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
- Benh Zeitlin in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
- Kevin Smith, Benh Zeitlin, and Devin France at an event for The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village (2020)
- Benh Zeitlin poses in the Kindle Fire HD and IMDb Green Room during the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach on February 23, 2013 in Santa Monica, California.
Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (/ ˈ b ɛ n ˈ z aɪ t l ɪ n /; born October 14, 1982) is an American filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild, for which he received two Academy Award nominations.
- Filmmaker
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Eliza Zeitlin (sister)
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Zeitlin made the movie on a $1.8 million shoestring in southern Louisiana with hand-held 16-millimeter cameras, jury-rigged sets, untrained actors and a grass-roots collective of artists from...
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Though Benh Zeitlin’s debut feature, “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” involves a mythical bayou town, its shooting location faces genuine ecological threats.
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.
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With the 2013 Oscarcast moved up to Feb. 24, movie fans are already in a lather over the possible nominees, especially since again this year there can be "up to" ten finalists in the Best Picture category.
