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Benjamin Harold "Benh" Zeitlin (born October 14, 1982)〔official catalogue of the Festival de Cannes 2012, p.73〕 is an American filmmaker, composer and animator, best known for directing the 2012 film ''Beasts of the Southern Wild''. ==Life and career== Zeitlin was born in Manhattan and raised in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City, and in suburban Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.〔(Review of Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" : The New Yorker )〕 He is a graduate of Hastings High School〔http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/02teenfilmwe.html〕 and Wesleyan University.〔(Beasts of the Southern Wild | 2012 Seattle International Film Festival | Benh Zeitlin | USA < Films ). Siff.net. Retrieved on 2012-07-14.〕 He was born to writers and folklorists Mary Amanda Dargan and Steven Joel Zeitlin, who founded the NYC non-profit cultural organization City Lore.〔〔(Family reunions offer connection in world of high mobility, isolation ). Bangor Daily News (1991-08-30).〕〔(Department of Folklore | Completed MA Theses ). Mun.ca (2012-03-05). Retrieved on 2012-07-14.〕 His father, who is Jewish, spent most of his childhood in Brazil, while his mother comes from a rural Protestant background in Darlington, South Carolina.〔Mann, Iris. (2012-06-13) (Ravages, rape, Rodriguez and real estate | Summer Sneaks ). Jewish Journal. Retrieved on 2012-07-14.〕〔(Benh Zeitlin: Conquering his ‘Beasts’ | Jewish Journal )〕〔(COLUMN: Fantastic filmmaker has some Pee Dee ties ). SCNOW.com (2012-03-18). Retrieved on 2012-07-14〕 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.〔(Kenneth Rainin Foundation » BENH ZEITLIN ). Krfoundation.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-14.〕 He and his younger sister Eliza moved to New Orleans while Benh was making his first short film, ''Glory at Sea'', in 2008. In 2012, his first feature, ''Beasts of the Southern Wild,'' adapted from a play entitled ''Juicy and Delicious'' by Lucy Alibar, won the Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival,〔(2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Awards | Sundance Institute ). Sundance.org (2012-01-28). Retrieved on 2012-07-14.〕 and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival. The film went on to earn the Los Angeles Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Seattle International Film Festival's Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Awards for Beasts of the Southern Wild )〕 Zeitlin was also given a Humanitarian Award for his work on the film at the Satellite Awards 2012.〔('Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture ), Kilday, Gregg ''The Hollywood Reporter'' December 16, 2012.〕 Notably, Zeitlin both directed ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' and co-composed the score. For his directorial work and screenplay in ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', Zeitlin continues to collect additional independent film awards and nominations.〔(Benh Zeitlin Awards and Nominations ), Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 15, 2012.〕〔(Best Director ), Spirit Awards. By staff. Retrieved December 12, 2012.〕〔(Best Feature ), Spirit Awards. By staff. Retrieved December 12, 2012.〕 At the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2012, he won the "Breakthrough Director" award. At the same awards ceremony, Zeitlin received the inaugural Bingham Ray Award, which honors the independent filmmaker who died in 2012.〔(Gotham Awards Winners ), The Hollywood Reporter. Pages 1 &2. By staff. Retrieved December 12, 2012.〕 Zeitlin also won a Humanitas Prize (as co-writer/director; shared with Alibar as co-writer), amongst other awards.〔(Feature Film Beasts ), Sundance Institute. Feature Film Program. By staff. Retrieved December 15, 2012.〕〔(Benh Zeitlin awards ), Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 1, 2013.〕 He has also received nominations for two Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards: Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin), and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benh Zeitlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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