Benh Zeitlin
Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (/ˈbɛn ˈzaɪtlɪn/;[3] born October 14, 1982)[4] 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
Early life[edit]
Zeitlin was born in Manhattan and raised in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, and in suburban Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.[5] He is a graduate of Hastings High School[6] and Wesleyan University.[7] He was born to writers and folklorists Mary Amanda Dargan and Steven Joel Zeitlin, who founded the NYC non-profit cultural organization City Lore.[1][8][9] His father, who is Jewish, spent most of his childhood in Brazil; whereas his mother comes from a rural, Protestant background in Darlington, South Carolina.[10][11][12] His younger sister is screenwriter and artist Eliza Zeitlin.[2]
Short film
Feature film
Awards[edit]
Zeitlin was the 2012 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Visual Arts category.