Benh Zeitlin
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Birth Place
Queens, New York, USA
Born
October 14, 1982
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(2011)
Director
Writer (Feature Film)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(2011)
Screenplay
Music (Feature Film)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
(2011)
Music
Life Events
2004
Co-founded Court 13, an independent collection of filmmakers, named after a Wesleyan University squash court he and his friends used as a filming site
2005
Directed short film "Egg"
2008
Moved to New Orleans, LA while making short film "Glory at Sea"
2012
Feature length writing and directorial debut, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; film adapted from Lucy Alibar's stage play "Juicy and Delicious"