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Paul Rotha (3 June 1907 – 7 March 1984) was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic.
Paul Rotha was born in London on the 3 June 1907. At 17 he entered the Slade School of Fine Art to study design and graphics and a year later won an award for costume design at the Paris International Theatre Exhibition.
Paul Rotha (1907-1984) was a British filmmaker who made documentaries and feature films. He was nominated for an Oscar for The World Is Rich (1947) and directed Life of Adolf Hitler (1961).
- Producer, Director, Writer
- June 3, 1907
- Paul Rotha
- March 7, 1984
Sep 16, 2021 · Paul Rotha (1907–1984) was a filmmaker, critic, historian, and a pupil of John Grierson. He contributed to the definition of documentary by emphasizing the creative treatment of actuality and the documentarian's will and desire.
- Dan Geva
- 2021
Sep 24, 2020 · Rotha also argues that the documentary movement was let down by the Labour movement both during the 1930s, and after 1945. He argues that Labour ‘had no ear for such an approach to imaginative public service’, and unlike the Communist movement, which supported film-making, did not commission films.
Jul 8, 2011 · In his portrayal of the building of a giant ocean liner, Rotha captured the grand scale of the endeavour; the physicality and simple humanity of drillers, platers, welders, and riveters as they crafted the massive, emerging vessel; and the striking materiality of shipbuilding.
Paul Rotha was born on June 3, 1907 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The World Is Rich (1947), De overval (1962) and No Resting Place (1951). He died on March 7, 1984 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
