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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. [1]
Pare Lorentz (born Dec. 11, 1905, Clarksburg, W.Va., U.S.—died March 4, 1992, Armonk, N.Y.) was an American filmmaker whose government-sponsored documentaries focused attention on the waste of human and natural resources in the United States in the 1930s.
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This biography is based on accounts of Pare Lorentz’s life as told through his own words in Pare Lorentz: FDR’s Moviemaker and by his biographer Robert L. Snyder in Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film.
Who was Pare Lorentz? This biography is based on accounts of Pare Lorentz’s life as told through his own words in Pare Lorentz: FDR’s Moviemaker and by his biographer Robert L. Snyder in Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film. To read a longer, more detailed biography, visit our biography page.
1 day ago · Pare Lorentz was a trailblazing American filmmaker whose visionary work laid the foundation for the social documentary genre. Born in 1905 in the small town of Lorentz, West Virginia, he directed a series of powerful documentaries in the 1930s and 1940s that highlighted pressing societal issues.
The Pare Lorentz Center is dedicated to using media to teach history and social studies, and to perpetuating Lorentz’s belief in the documentary format for inspiring social and political awareness. Read More
Written and directed by Pare Lorentz for the U.S. Farm Security Administration, The River is a follow-up to Lorentz's groundbreaking documentary of the previous year, The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936).
