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Benh Zeitlin

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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. After graduation... See full bio »

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2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild
 
2008 Glory at Sea (short)
 
2006 The Origins of Electricity (short)
 
2005 Egg (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild (screenplay)
 
2008 Glory at Sea (short) (story / writer)
 
2006 The Origins of Electricity (short)
 
2005 Egg (short)
 
Show ShowComposer (3 titles)
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild
 
2008 Glory at Sea (short)
 
2007 Death to the Tinman (short)
 
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2010 11/4/08 (documentary)
 
2006 The Origins of Electricity (short)
 
2005 Egg (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
2006 The Origins of Electricity (short)
 
2005 Brooklyn: Among the Ruins (video documentary short)
 
2005 Egg (short)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
2009/III Seed (miniature skyscraper construction)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2007 Death to the Tinman (short) (musician: music box)
 
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2005 Egg (short) (sound effects editor)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2002 The Year That Trembled (set production assistant)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2014 Deer in the Headlight (very special thanks) (post-production)
 
2013 The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
2011 Little Birds (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2013 La noche de los Oscar (TV movie)
Himself
 
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Nominee
 
2013 The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee
 
2013 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Benh Zeitlin (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 February 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2012-2013 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 February 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #21.84 (2013) … Himself
 
2013 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2013 (2013) … Himself
 
2013 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 56th BFI London Film Festival (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Super Soul Sunday (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Why Oprah Loves Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 CBS This Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.129 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 Sundance Directors Lab (TV series documentary)
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– That's a Wrap! (2009) … Himself
– The Editing Room (2009) … Himself
– The Script (2009) … Himself
– Getting Started (2009) … Himself
 

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Last Call with Carson Daly: : -- This year, Beasts of the Southern Wild made the unlikely journey from the backwoods of Louisiana to the Oscar stage. To celebrate, Carson sits down with the film's writer and director, Benh Zeitlin. Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Faced with her father's fading health and environmental changes that release an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy leaves her Delta-community home in search of her mother. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Season 21: Episode 83 -- Quvenzhane Wallis and Benh Zeitlin on how they financed "Beasts of The Southern Wild."
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5' 7" (1.70 m)
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[on Beasts of the Southern Wild] We finished the movie two days before Sundance, and we never had time to think about it, basically. There wasn't a month to be like, "What will happen? Will people like this movie?" I was focused on trying to get the movie to a version that I could live with. But it's been an amazing experience to see the film travel this far... See more »

Trivia:

The name for his Court 13 collective was derived from an all-but-abandoned Wesleyan U. squash court that Benh and artist friends often took over--as an ad hoc filmmaking site, not because of their love of racket sports. See more »