✎ About Benh Zeitlin

Benh Zeitlin was born on October 14, 1982 in Manhattan, New York, United States, is Director, Writer, Composer. Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years 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, Benh spent a summer in Prague working with a prominent animation artist. Returning to the U.S., he worked in a private school in Manhattan helping elementary students create short films.
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💰Benh Zeitlin Net worth: $1.9 Million

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Awards and nominations:

Zeitlin was the 2012 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Visual Arts category.

Biography/Timeline

2004

In 2004, Benh co-founded the Court 13 independent collection of filmmakers, named after a neglected Wesleyan University squash court that Zeitlin and his friends commandeered as a filming site. He and his younger sister Eliza moved to New Orleans while Benh was making his first short film, Glory at Sea, in 2008.

2012

Zeitlin was the 2012 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Visual Arts category.

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1982 births Living people Wesleyan University alumni American film directors American people of Russian-Jewish descent Film directors from New York City People from Manhattan People from Queens, New York People from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York American male screenwriters Writers from New York City American film score composers Male film score composers English-language film directors