Benh Zeitlin


About

Birth Place
Queens, New York, USA
Born
October 14, 1982

Biography

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"

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