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Leon Hirszman

Leon Hirszman

Director · Born 1937-11-22 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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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.

Directed

  1. They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981) — Director
  2. The Deceased (1965) — Director
  3. Saint Bernard (1972) — Director
  4. ABC of a Strike (1990) — Director
  5. Absolute Majority (1964) — Director
  6. Five Times Favela (1962) — Director
  7. Partido Alto (1976) — Director
  8. The Girl from Ipanema (1967) — Director
  9. Images of the Unconscious (1987) — Director
  10. Nelson Cavaquinho (1969) — Director
  11. América do Sexo (1969) — Director
  12. Megalopolis (1973) — Director
  13. Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau (1976) — Director
  14. Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão (1975) — Director
  15. Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar (1976) — Director
  16. Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano (1987) — Director
  17. Which Country is this? (1981) — Director
  18. Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996) — Director
  19. Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado (1997) — Director
  20. No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes (1987) — Director
  21. Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol (1987) — Director
  22. Rio, Carnaval da Vida (1978) — Director
  23. Afterword: Images of the Unconscious (2014) — Director
  24. Ecologia (1973) — Director
  25. Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia (1969) — Director
  26. Médio São Francisco (1971) — Director
  27. Pedreira de São Diogo (1962) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Cinema Novo (2016) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  2. ABC of a Strike (1990) — Self
  3. Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
  4. Let Me Tell You (2007)
  5. Guarnieri (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  6. Dunas do Barato (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996) — Self (uncredited)
  8. The Beggars (1963)
  9. Vianinha (1987)
  10. Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  11. Afterword: Images of the Unconscious (2014) — Himself