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Ben Barenholtz (October 5, 1935 – June 27, 2019) was a Polish-born American film exhibitor, distributor and producer, who was a presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened The Elgin Cinema in New York City in 1968. He is known for his innovations distributing and screening films; having discovered first time directors such as The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, John Sayles and Guy Maddin, and the first American presentations of Cousin Cousine, and John Woo's The Killer.

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  • Ben Barenholtz (October 5, 1935 – June 27, 2019) was a Polish-born American film exhibitor, distributor and producer, who was a presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened The Elgin Cinema in New York City in 1968. He is known for his innovations distributing and screening films; having discovered first time directors such as The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, John Sayles and Guy Maddin, and the first American presentations of Cousin Cousine, and John Woo's The Killer. Barenholtz appeared in the documentary The Hicks of Hollywood, had a bit role in Liquid Sky, and appeared as a zombie in Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead. He was the subject in Stuart Samuels' 2005 documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream. In 2005 Barenholtz directed his first feature, Music Inn, a documentary about , and was the producer of Jamie Greenberg's feature film Stags. In 2012, he produced Suzuya Bobo's first feature, Family Games. In 2012 he directed and produced Wakaliwood: The Documentary, shot in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. In 2016, he received the Berlinale Camera award from the Berlinale Film Festival to honor his contributions to the independent film scene. Barenholtz directed his first fiction film, Alina, starring Darya Ekamasova, which was released in the fall of 2017. At the time of his death he was developing the sequel to Alina as well as working on an autobiographical film, Aaron. He died on June 27, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic at the age of 83. (en)
  • Ben Barenholtz é um cineasta, distribuidor e produtor ucraniano que recebeu notoriedade na repercussão de filmes independentes estadunidenses, principalmente no , na cidade de Nova Iorque. Em sua carreira, ajudou na produção de diretores reconhecidos internacionalmente, como os Irmãos Coen, David Lynch, John Sayles e Guy Maddin. Seu trabalhou destacou-se em duas distribuidoras de filmes: a Libra Films International e a Circle Films. Na primeira, contribuiu com a realização de Night of the Living Dead, Eraserhead, Cousin, Cousine e . Na outra, Barton Fink, Requiem for a Dream, e Raising Arizona. (pt)
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  • Ben Barenholtz (October 5, 1935 – June 27, 2019) was a Polish-born American film exhibitor, distributor and producer, who was a presence in the independent film scene since the late 1960s, when he opened The Elgin Cinema in New York City in 1968. He is known for his innovations distributing and screening films; having discovered first time directors such as The Coen Brothers, David Lynch, John Sayles and Guy Maddin, and the first American presentations of Cousin Cousine, and John Woo's The Killer. (en)
  • Ben Barenholtz é um cineasta, distribuidor e produtor ucraniano que recebeu notoriedade na repercussão de filmes independentes estadunidenses, principalmente no , na cidade de Nova Iorque. Em sua carreira, ajudou na produção de diretores reconhecidos internacionalmente, como os Irmãos Coen, David Lynch, John Sayles e Guy Maddin. (pt)
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