Pare Lorentz
Directing
- Born
- December 11, 1905 · Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA
- Died
- March 4, 1992 (age 86)
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."
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2007Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut Original Concept, Writer
- 1948Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today Producer
- 1947The Rural Co-op Director
- 1942The Land Additional Writing, Writer
- 1940The Fight for Life Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 1939The City Writer
- 1938The River Director, Writer
- 1936The Plow That Broke the Plains Director, Writer