Zachary Cotler

Zachary Cotler
BornTheodore Zachary Cotler
1981 (age 42–43)
Passaic, New Jersey, United States[1]
OccupationPoet, Novelist, Director
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIowa Writers Workshop (MFA, 2008)
Cornell University (BA, 2003)
Website
zacharycotler.com

Theodore Zachary Cotler (born 1981) is an American filmmaker, poet, and novelist. His first film, Maya Dardel, premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Orion Pictures.[2] His second film, The Wall of Mexico, premiered at South by Southwest in 2019.[3] A third film, When I'm a Moth, came out shortly after the second.[4] He won the 2012 Sawtooth Poetry Prize for Sonnets to the Humans and the 2014 Colorado Prize for Poetry for Supplice.[5] In 2011, the Poetry Foundation awarded him the Ruth Lilly Fellowship.[6]

  1. ^ Poetry Foundation. "T. Zachary Cotler : The Poetry Foundation". poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved November 22, 2014. Theodore Zachary Cotler was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1981 and raised in Marin County, California.
  2. ^ "Samuel Goldwyn & Orion Acquire SXSW Pic 'Maya Dardel'".
  3. ^ "SXSW Schedule".
  4. ^ "San Francisco International Film Festival Schedule".
  5. ^ "Current Winner | Center for Literary Publishing". Coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  6. ^ "Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2014-06-09.