Benh Zeitlin
American filmmaker
1.61body-of-work score · ranked #601 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 14, 1982 · Queens
- Nationality
- United States
- Directing career
- 2 directorial credits, 2012–2020 · first: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) · latest: Wendy (2020)
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2012 · United States · fantasy, drama
Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner 2012 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2012 · Film Comment year-end poll 2012 #14
1.614 citations
Complete filmography
All 2 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2012Beasts of the Southern Wild
- 2020Wendy