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Leon Hirszman

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
11

Gender
Male

Birthday
November 22, 1937 (88 years old)

Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leon Hirszman

Biography

Leon Hirszman (Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 1937 — Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main exponents of the movement known as Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work is marked by the influence of central Marxist theses in political debates in Latin America and by the politicized representation of the working class.

Known For

Directing

2014Afterword: Images of the Unconscious...Director
1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado...Director
1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas...Director
1990ABC of a Strike...Director
1987Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol...Director
1987Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano...Director
1987No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes...Director
1987Images of the Unconscious...Director
1981They Don't Wear Black Tie...Director
1981Which Country is this?...Director
1978Rio, Carnaval da Vida...Director
1976Partido Alto...Director
1976Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar...Director
1976Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau...Director
1975Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão...Director
1973Ecologia...Director
1973Megalopolis...Director
1972Saint Bernard...Director
1971Médio São Francisco...Director
1969América do Sexo...Director
1969Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia...Director
1969Nelson Cavaquinho...Director
1967The Girl from Ipanema...Director
1965The Deceased...Director
1964Absolute Majority...Director
1962Pedreira de São Diogo...Director
1962Five Times Favela...Director

Writing

1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado...Writer
1987Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol...Writer
1987No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes...Screenplay
1987Images of the Unconscious...Screenplay
1981They Don't Wear Black Tie...Screenplay
1972Saint Bernard...Writer
1967The Girl from Ipanema...Screenplay
1967The Girl from Ipanema...Story
1965The Deceased...Writer
1964Absolute Majority...Writer
1962Pedreira de São Diogo...Writer
1962Five Times Favela...Writer

Camera

1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado...Director of Photography

Production

1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas...Associate Producer
1976Partido Alto...Producer
1975Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão...Producer
1971Faustão...Executive Producer
1970A Vingança dos Doze...Executive Producer
1967The Girl from Ipanema...Producer
1964A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow...Producer
1962Five Times Favela...Producer

Acting

2019Memórias do Grupo Opiniãoas Self (archive footage)
2017Dunas do Baratoas Self (archive footage)
2017Guarnierias Self (archive footage)
2016Cinema Novoas Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014Afterword: Images of the Unconsciousas Himself
2007Let Me Tell Youas
1996Bahia de Todos os Sambasas Self (uncredited)
1990ABC of a Strikeas Self
1987Vianinhaas
1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novoas Self
1963The Beggarsas