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Patricia Benoit
Actor, Director
Born February 21, 1927Died August 6, 2018 (91 years)
Patricia Benoit is a Haitian-American director of short and feature films. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and grew up in Queens, New York. Her family was forced into exile under the Duvalier dictatorship, fleeing to France before moving to the United States. She is best known for her critically acclaimed debut feature film Stones in the Sun.
Benoit has received multiple awards and accolades during her career, including the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Debut Narrative Director and the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Director. She has also participated in the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Lab. In 2007, Benoit became the winner of the first Time Warner Storytelling Award. Additionally, she co-founded the Haitian Women's Program and has been an artist-in-residence at Ramapo College in New Jersey.
Benoit has received multiple awards and accolades during her career, including the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Debut Narrative Director and the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Director. She has also participated in the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Lab. In 2007, Benoit became the winner of the first Time Warner Storytelling Award. Additionally, she co-founded the Haitian Women's Program and has been an artist-in-residence at Ramapo College in New Jersey.
Filmography
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Edith Ruskin |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Betty Stewart |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Polly |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as Marguerite Higgins |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Cary Sawyer |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | The Doctor (1952) (TV Series) · as Leslie |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers (TV Series) · as Nancy Remington |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Russell |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jo Richards |