Benh Zeitlin
Directing · Original Music Composer · Director · Music
Born Oct 14, 1982 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Active 2005–present · Awards: Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award, Caméra d'Or, Sutherland Trophy, Bradbury Award
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.
Filmography
Hold On to Your Angels — Director · ScreenplayTo Chiara (2021) — Original Music ComposerA Chiara (2021) — MusicWendy (2020) — Director · Writer · Original Music ComposerGive Me Liberty (2019) — Executive ProducerBurning Cane (2019) — Executive ProducerBrimstone & Glory (2017) — Original Music Composer · ProducerMediterranea (2015) — Original Music ComposerBeasts of the Southern Wild (2012) — Original Music Composer · Director · ScreenplayGlory at Sea (2008) — Director · Music · Story · WriterDeath to the Tinman (2007) — Original Music ComposerThe Origins of Electricity (2006) — Director · WriterEgg (2005) — Director · Writer