Benh Zeitlin

Benh Zeitlin

Nacimiento : 1982-10-14, Manhattan, New York, Stato di New York, Stati Uniti

Historia

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. 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.

Perfil

Benh Zeitlin
Benh Zeitlin

Películas

Do Not Copy
Music
A montage of film and stock video clips cut to music and released in nine parts. Each song is reflected by a different color and theme.
Para Chiara
Original Music Composer
La familia Guerrasio y sus amigos se reúnen para celebrar el dieciocho cumpleaños de la hija mayor de Claudio y Carmela. Existe una sana rivalidad entre la cumpleañera y su hermana Chiara, de 16 años, mientras compiten en la pista de baile. Es una ocasión feliz y la familia está unida y en plena forma. Sin embargo, todo cambia al día siguiente cuando Claudio desaparece. Chiara comienza a investigar: a medida que se acerca a la verdad se ve obligada a decidir qué tipo de futuro quiere para ella.
A Chiara
Music
Chiara feels that there is something wrong. She has a strange feeling she cannot explain to her mother or sister. During the night, after overhearing a heated argument between her parents and witnessing something shocking, her world is overturned and her safety net crumbles. Reality and dreams start to blur and Chiara’s life will never be the same.
Wendy
Original Music Composer
Perdida en una isla misteriosa donde el tiempo y el envejecimiento se han detenido, Wendy debe luchar para salvar a su familia, su libertad y al espíritu alegre de la juventud, del peligro mortal de crecer.
Wendy
Writer
Perdida en una isla misteriosa donde el tiempo y el envejecimiento se han detenido, Wendy debe luchar para salvar a su familia, su libertad y al espíritu alegre de la juventud, del peligro mortal de crecer.
Wendy
Director
Perdida en una isla misteriosa donde el tiempo y el envejecimiento se han detenido, Wendy debe luchar para salvar a su familia, su libertad y al espíritu alegre de la juventud, del peligro mortal de crecer.
Give Me Liberty
Executive Producer
When a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, America's most segregated city, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to get a group of elderly Russians to a funeral and his desire to help Tracy, a young black woman with ALS.
Burning Cane
Executive Producer
Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.
Brimstone & Glory
Original Music Composer
Tultepec, Mexico is known for just one thing: fireworks. The city manufactures more than half of all fireworks made in Mexico, a good percentage of which will be set off at the small town’s annual festival for San Juan de Dios.
Brimstone & Glory
Producer
Tultepec, Mexico is known for just one thing: fireworks. The city manufactures more than half of all fireworks made in Mexico, a good percentage of which will be set off at the small town’s annual festival for San Juan de Dios.
Mediterranea
Music
Ayiva (Koudous Seihon), parte con su amigo Abas (Alassane Sy) de la capital de Burkina Faso, atravesando el desierto, bajo temperaturas aterradoras y los ataques de saqueadores armados, hasta llegar a Libia y subirse en una lancha neumática destartalada rumbo a Sicilia
Deer in the Headlight
Thanks
A high school senior struggles to find an identity among a generation of the unidentifiable. Accompanied by his friends, Trent embarks on a journey of self-discovery and understanding from his small town in rural Illinois.
Bestias del sur salvaje
Screenplay
Las aguas van a subir, los animales salvajes retornan de sus tumbas y en el sur todos los diques se hunden. Esta es la historia de una niña de seis años llamada Hushpuppy, que vive con su padre en el borde del mundo.
Bestias del sur salvaje
Original Music Composer
Las aguas van a subir, los animales salvajes retornan de sus tumbas y en el sur todos los diques se hunden. Esta es la historia de una niña de seis años llamada Hushpuppy, que vive con su padre en el borde del mundo.
Bestias del sur salvaje
Director
Las aguas van a subir, los animales salvajes retornan de sus tumbas y en el sur todos los diques se hunden. Esta es la historia de una niña de seis años llamada Hushpuppy, que vive con su padre en el borde del mundo.
Glory at Sea
Music
A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.
Glory at Sea
Story
A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.
Glory at Sea
Writer
A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.
Glory at Sea
Director
A group of mourners and a man spat from the depths of Hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their lost loved ones trapped beneath the sea.
Death to the Tinman
Original Music Composer
A series of unfortunate events leads to Bill getting tin replacements for his arms, legs, and eventually the rest of his body, but he still has his heart. Bill's new appearance scares away his love, Jane, who falls for his reincarnated heartless body. Will the rebuilt tinman Bill ever win back his true love?
The Origins of Electricity
Writer
Dead heroes Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, and Topsy the Coney Island elephant make their return to the screen in this tragic, stop-motion animated tale of two ill-fated lightbulbs forced to confront the unholy meaning of light. Made for the Slamdance $99 Special Program.
The Origins of Electricity
Director
Dead heroes Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, and Topsy the Coney Island elephant make their return to the screen in this tragic, stop-motion animated tale of two ill-fated lightbulbs forced to confront the unholy meaning of light. Made for the Slamdance $99 Special Program.
Egg
Writer
A captain must venture outside his shell to defeat his nemesis: Egg.
Egg
Director
A captain must venture outside his shell to defeat his nemesis: Egg.