Benh Zeitlin
Writer/Director/Composer
Benh Zeitlin is a writer, director, and composer who began his career as an animator working under Jan Svakmajer’s team in Prague. In 2006 he relocated to New Orleans to make his first live-action short Glory at Sea which grew into the four-time Academy Award-nominated, Camera D’or winner Beasts of the Southern Wild. His second feature Wendy was created with a pack of wild children on a remote volcanic island in the Caribbean. His credits as a composer include Mediterranea, A Chiara, Brimstone & Glory. He is also the founder of Court 13 Arts, a non-profit devoted to supporting daring cinema, which produced films such as Burning Cane, Give Me Liberty, and No Kings.
Courses and Content
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Conversations from the Sundance Labs | Benh Zeitlin (WENDY) on Creating the World of Your Film
Benh Zeitlin
Writer/Director/Composer
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Apr
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Thursday | April 24, 2025
Script Club: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
1:00PM - 3:00PM (PDT)
Lucy Alibar
Writer
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Telling Your Story with Sound: A Conversation with Alma Har’el and Benh Zeitlin | Presented by the Dolby Institute
Benh Zeitlin
Advisor