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Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American fantasy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin. It was adapted by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar's one-act play Juicy and Delicious. The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry.
Benjamin Harold Zeitlin (/ ˈ b ɛ n ˈ z aɪ t l ɪ n /; [3] born October 14, 1982) [4] is an American filmmaker, best known for directing and co-writing the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild, for which he received two Academy Award nominations.
Director: Beasts of the Southern Wild. 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.
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- Franz Lidz
Jul 13, 2012 · Director Benh Zeitlin’s wonderfully vivid, Beasts of the Southern Wild, is one of those films you watch and think, “How did he do that?” The film is visually stunning, has an incredible best score (which he co-wrote!) and features two of the best performances you’ll see on film all year.
- Lance Carter
Jul 3, 2012 · Bill Graham. Roaring into limited release this weekend is Benh Zeitlin's bayou fantasy Beasts of the Southern Wild. To call it a unique exploration of familiar themes in extraordinary situations is just a scratch of the surface; Beasts also stands as one of the few current films sure to inspire formal discussion and wide-ranging opinions.
Beasts of the Southern Wild is based on Lucy Alibar’s play, “ Juicy and Delicious”, and was co-written by Albers and Zeitlin, and then nurtured into existence through Sundance Film Institute’s Screenwriting, Directing, and Producting Labs.