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Pare Lorentz(1905-1992)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Pare Lorentz was born on 11 December 1905 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The River (1938), The Fight for Life (1940) and Name, Age and Occupation (1942). He died on 4 March 1992 in Armonk, New York, USA.
BornDecember 11, 1905
DiedMarch 4, 1992(86)
BornDecember 11, 1905
DiedMarch 4, 1992(86)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

Known for

The River (1938)
The River
6.4
Short
  • Director
  • 1938
Dudley Digges and Myron McCormick in The Fight for Life (1940)
The Fight for Life
5.1
  • Director
  • 1940
Name, Age and Occupation
  • Director
  • 1942
Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007)
Nuremberg: A Vision Restored
7.3
  • Director
  • 2007

Credits

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Director

  • Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007)
    Nuremberg: A Vision Restored
    7.3
    • original material
    • 2007
  • The Rural Co-op
    Short
    • Director
    • 1947
  • Name, Age and Occupation
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Dudley Digges and Myron McCormick in The Fight for Life (1940)
    The Fight for Life
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1940
  • The River (1938)
    The River
    6.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1938
  • The River (1938)
    The Plow That Broke the Plains
    6.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 1936

Writer

  • Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007)
    Nuremberg: A Vision Restored
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Allee, Cunayou, Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty, Alice Nevalinga, and Allakariallak in Nanook of the North (1922)
    The Land
    7.3
    Short
    • collaborating writer (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Dudley Digges and Myron McCormick in The Fight for Life (1940)
    The Fight for Life
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • 1940
  • The City (1939)
    The City
    5.9
    Short
    • outline
    • 1939
  • The River (1938)
    The River
    6.4
    Short
    • written by
    • 1938
  • The River (1938)
    The Plow That Broke the Plains
    6.2
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1936

Producer

  • Nuremberg (1948)
    Nuremberg
    7.4
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Dudley Digges and Myron McCormick in The Fight for Life (1940)
    The Fight for Life
    5.1
    • producer
    • 1940

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 11, 1905
    • Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA
  • Died
    • March 4, 1992
    • Armonk, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Made a training film for American pilots to use before flying "The Hump" over the Himalayas between India and China during the Second World War. That film has been shown on Public television.
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    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 688-692. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

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