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Herz Frank

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Directed movies: 20Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 1203057

IMDb ID: nm0290954

Known for: Directing

Born: January 17, 1926

Died: March 3, 2013

Age: 87

Place of birth: Ludza, Latvia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2018

Years active: 58

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q1325975

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Biography

Herz Frank (17 January 1926- 3 March 2013) was one of the most famous documentary filmmakers of Latvia. At the beginning of 1960ies, he was among the first to establish the so-called Riga poetic documentary school – the Latvian “new wave”. Herz Frank’s filmography includes more than 80 films, many of which are considered classics of Latvian film history. One of his most-known works is Ten Minutes Older (1978), which he made together with Juris Podnieks and in which children's faces are observed during a puppet theatre performance. In 1992, Frank moved to Israel, while maintaining ties with Latvia. In 2001, he received the Lifetime contribution award by the Latvian National Film Awards 'Lielais Kristaps'.

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