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