Lizet Benrey | |
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 Benrey in 2019 | |
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| Nationality | Mexican-American |
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| Known for | Artwork displayed globally |
| Spouse | Francis Fuller |
| Children | 2 |
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| Website | lizetbenrey |
Lizet Benrey is a Mexican-American painter, film director and actress whose artwork has been displayed worldwide at cultural institutions, art galleries and museums. She directed a documentary about Leonora Carrington and designed the Premio Corazon Award for the San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Benrey was born in Mexico City, Mexico to Shirley Chernitsky, who taught her how to paint. [1] [2] While attending Ibero-American University, she dated Alejandro González Iñárritu. [3] Benrey went to Boston University, studied printmaking at Palomar College [4] and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in visual arts at University of California San Diego. [3] [5] She married Francis Fuller and they had two children. [5]
Benrey's work has been on display in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe. [6] She worked with producer Lucy Orozco, [5] [7] narrating a documentary about her own mother and directed a short film called Leonora and Gabriel: An Instant with painter Leonora Carrington, not long before Carrington died. [8] [9] Benrey said her work ethic was inspired by Julian Schnabel, [5] and family friends José Luís Cuevas, Carlos Nakatani and Lucinda Urrusti. [1] The only time Benrey exhibited with her mother was on an exhibition called Women Beyond Borders. [5]
In 2010, Benrey was a member of the selection committee at the San Diego Latino Film Festival [10] and designed their Premio Corazon Award. [6] In 2011, she introduced a screening of Cinco Días sin Nora at CSU San Marcos. [11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Shirley Chernitsky: El estallido de la imaginación | Herself | Also producer [5] |
| 2009 | Hiram, Life and Rhythm | — | Writer, director, producer, cinematographer [5] |
| 2011 | In Defense of Rodin | Camille Claudel | [5] |
| 2012 | Leonora and Gabriel: An Instant | — | Short film director, screened at San Diego Latino Film Festival, [8] Arlington International Film Festival, [17] Museo Nacional de Arte, Irish Museum of Modern Art |
| Tea in a Thunder Cup | Victim's Aunt | ||
| 2017 | Carving a Life | Rehab Counselor | [3] |
| Noticed | Renata | by Javier Augusto Nunez [3] | |
| 2018 | The Witching Hour | Mariela Callahan | Also co-writer and producer, featuring Thom Michael Mulligan and Kari Nissena [3] |
| 2019 | Carbon | Kathleen James | |
| 2020 | Between Two Minds | Emerson | [18] |
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