Enid Zentelis is an American writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. She is best known for directing features Evergreen and Bottled Up and for her podcast, How My Grandmother Won WWII.
Life and career Zentelis was born in Los Angeles, California. She is a first generation American, born to a Hungarian-Jewish mother and Latvian father. She is a graduate of Hampshire College and the Graduate Film Program at NYU, where she was taught by Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese and mentored by Mary Harron. Her essays and literary nonfiction have appeared in the Daily Beast, The FemWord, and Talkhouse. She is a professor of filmmaking at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Zentelis's major works include, Evergreen, premiered in Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival in 2004. In 2013, she directed Bottled Up, starring Melissa Leo, Marin Ireland and Josh Hamilton. In 2021, she created the podcast, How My Grandmother Won WWII, about the discovery that her grandmother worked with British Special Ops during the Holocaust. In 2022, she sold her podcast to Kinetic Content with a scripted series development deal.
Filmography YearTitle Director Writer Producer Note 2017 Au Pair Short film 2013 Bottled Up Feature Film 2007 The Man with My Nose Short film 2004 Evergreen Feature Film 1997 Dog Race Short film 1996 Sounds of Morning Short film 1993 Granny Was an 0utlaw Documentary
Publications 2022 – Everybody Gets Killed
Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2020 NominatedIFP GothamAudio HubHow My Grandmother Won WWII2017 NominatedBentonville Film FestivalBest Episodic PilotAu Pair2013 NominatedTribeca FestivalNora Ephron PrizeBottled Up2004 NominatedSundance Film FestivalBest DramaticEvergreen WonSonoma International Film FestivalBest First-Time Director1997 NominatedTorino Film FestivalBest Short FilmDog Race WonNew York Film FestivalBest Student Short
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