Biography

Eliza Zeitlin is known for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), Wendy (2020) and Glory at Sea (2008).

Sister of Benh Zeitlin, and she, like Benh, is a graduate of Hastings-on-Hudson High School in Westchester county, NY. Her college degree is from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Parents are Steve Zeitlin and Amanda Dargan, both folklorists, who founded and run the highly respected non-profit New York cultural heritage organization City Lore.

Cousin of Marc Wallace.