Benh Zeitlin is a writer, director, and composer based in New Orleans. His films include the four-time Academy Award–nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wendy, and Glory at Sea. He composes music for his own films and others, including Mediterranea and Brimstone & Glory, which he also produced. He works to help emerging filmmakers attempt "impossible" projects through the Court 13 Arts collective, producing films including Burning Cane, Give Me Liberty, and No Kings.