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List of movies directed by Pare Lorentz

Movies directed by Pare LorentzClarksburg, 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."

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Pare Lorentz has directed 2 movies. Pare Lorentz's first movie was The Plow That Broke the Plains (May 10, 1936) and their last movie was The River (February 4, 1938).

Order of Pare Lorentz movies:

  1. The Plow That Broke the Plains

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

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  2. The River

    The River

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