Benh Zeitlin
Active - 2006 - 2012 | Born - Oct 14, 1982 in New York, New York, United States | Genres - Culture & Society [nf]Share on
Factsheet
- Parents are cofounders of City Lore, a non-profit group that works to protect the urban history of New York City.
- While filming his senior thesis project at Wesleyan University, cofounded Court 13, an independent collection of filmmakers, named for the abandoned squash court they used for filming.
- Directed his first short film, Glory at Sea, in 2008.
- Began writing Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) while recovering from a car accident that left him with a broken pelvis.
