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.

Lizet Benrey
Benrey in 2019
Born
NationalityMexican-American
Other names
  • Liz Benrey
  • Lizet Benrey-Fuller
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Painter
  • film director
  • actress
Known forArtwork displayed globally
SpouseFrancis Fuller
Children2
MotherShirley Chernitsky
Websitelizetbenrey.com

Personal life

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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]

Career

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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]

Museum exhibitions

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Orgullo binacional en la creación de Lizet Benrey". La Prensa San Diego (in Spanish). 2007-06-01. p. 12. ProQuest 390270716. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "San Diego REPertory Theatre Presents A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO, 3/21". BroadwayWorld. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e Pollack, Mimi (2018-03-03). "San Diego Artist Lizet Benrey Found Her True Passion in Film". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. ^ a b Martin, Sandy (2004-05-27). "Art exhibits slated throughout are galleries". Hanover Evening Sun. p. 46. Retrieved 2023-06-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Pollack, Mimi (2013-05-30). "Lizet Benrey". Hispanopolis. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  6. ^ a b "2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival Catalogue by Media Arts Center San Diego". San Diego Latino Film Festival. 2010-02-22. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-01-09 – via Issuu.
  7. ^ Huerta, César (2010-11-07). "Llevan la vida de Leonora Carrington a la pantalla". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  8. ^ a b Romani, Rebecca (2012-03-19). "Local Filmmaker's Take On The Surreal - Festival Interview: Lizet Benrey". KPBS Public Media (Interview). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  9. ^ Romani, Rebecca (2012-03-19). "Festival Highlight: Experimental Shorts". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  10. ^ "DVD Review: Seven, Robocop, The Kids Are All Right | San Diego Reader". San Diego Reader. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  11. ^ "5 Días sin Nora - Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 7 p.m. | San Diego Reader". San Diego Reader. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  12. ^ O'Connor, Kelly (2002-08-03). "Learning from the children | kids help artist experiment with her painting". San Diego Union Tribune (NC-NI ed.). pp. NC-4. ISSN 1063-102X. ProQuest 272038858. Retrieved 2023-06-12 – via ProQuest.
  13. ^ "Blending Borders" (PDF). San Diego Reader. 32 (36): 90. 2003-09-04.
  14. ^ "Art Spirituality" (PDF). San Diego Reader. 32 (45): 94. 2003-11-06.
  15. ^ "Tribute to the Earth" (PDF). San Diego Reader. 36 (23): 87. 2007-06-07.
  16. ^ "El Viaje" (PDF). San Diego Reader. 36 (36): 85. 2007-09-06.
  17. ^ "News | The Regent Theatre | Artlington, MA". Regent Theatre. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  18. ^ "Lizet Benrey - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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