Pare Lorentz
Pare Lorentz (1905–1992) was an American screenwriter, film producer and journalist.
Also recorded as Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz · Leonard Lorentz
Pare Lorentz
Photographer uncredited · DigitalCollections.NYPL.org: Items ⟩ Pare Lorentz: Image ID 4001541 — original size · Public domain
- Full name
- Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz.
- Born
- 1905 · Clarksburg.
- Died
- 1992 · Armonk.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film producer · journalist · film critic · film editor · writer · director
- Education
- West Virginia University · West Virginia Wesleyan College · Buckhannon-Upshur High School
- Known for
- The Plow That Broke the Plains · The River · The Fight for Life
- Honours
- honorary doctorate · Legion of Merit
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Recorded at birth as Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz. Also worked under the name Pare Lorentz. Born at Clarksburg in 1905, died in Armonk in 1992.
Pare Lorentz studied at West Virginia University, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Buckhannon-Upshur High School. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City, Washington, D.C. and Kern County. Residence is recorded at Buckhannon and New York City. Employment is recorded with Resettlement Administration and William Randolph Hearst. Works named in the authority record are The Plow That Broke the Plains, The River and The Fight for Life. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctorate and Legion of Merit.
"This photograph showing documentary film pioneer Pare Lorentz, at left, and cinematographer Paul Ivano, beside the camera at center, was made in 1936 near Bakersfield, California. There, Lorentz was at work on The Plow That Broke the Plains — his first film for the New Deal 's Resettlement Administration. An ardent supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lorentz was hired in 1935 to pu
Dorothea Lange · NPG.si.edu: Information: JPG image
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Places
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Buckhannon, New York City and Armonk
Residences
Clarksburg.
Birth place
Armonk.
Death place
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