Academy Award Nominee BENH ZEITLIN on Directing Beasts of the Southern Wild & Wendy
Benh Zeitlin is a writer, director, and composer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. His films include the four-time Oscar nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wendy, and the short Glory at Sea. He composes music for his own films and others such as Brimstone & Glory and Mediterranea. He also works to help emerging filmmakers making 'impossible' projects through the Court 13 collective - producing on films such as Burning Cane, Give Me Liberty, and No Kings.
· court13arts.org
· www.imdb.com/name/nm1022455/
· www.creativeprocess.info
Photo: C.C. Georges Biard
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