Director

Pare Lorentz

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1071043

IMDb ID: nm0520671

Known for: Directing

Born: December 11, 1905

Died: March 4, 1992

Age: 86

Place of birth: Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 1948

Years active: 13

Average TMDB rating: 5.7

Wikidata: Q2052126

Also known as

Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz

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Director (3)Additional Writing (1)Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Pare Lorentz (December 11, 1905 – March 4, 1992) was an American filmmaker known for his film work about the New Deal. Born Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz in Clarksburg, West Virginia he was educated at Buckhannon High School, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University. As a young film critic in both New York City and Hollywood, Lorentz spoke out against censorship in the film industry. As the most influential documentary filmmaker of the Great Depression, Lorentz was the leading American advocate for government-sponsored documentary films. His service as a filmmaker for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II was formidable, including technical films, documentation of bombing raids, and synthesizing raw footage of Nazi atrocities for an educational film on the Nuremberg Trials. Nonetheless, Lorentz perennially will be known best as "FDR′s filmmaker."

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