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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.
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.
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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
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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Benh Zeitlin. Highest Rated: 92% Brimstone & Glory (2017) Lowest Rated: 42% Wendy (2020) Birthday: Oct 14, 1982. Birthplace: Sunnyside, Queens, New York, USA.