Leon Hirszman

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Leon Hirszman

Directing November 22, 1937

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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…

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They Don't Wear Black Tie

They Don't Wear Black Tie

8.3 1981 Movie
The Deceased

The Deceased

7.1 1965 Movie
Guarnieri

Guarnieri

7.2 2017 Movie
Cinema Novo

Cinema Novo

6.7 2016 Movie
Saint Bernard

Saint Bernard

7.4 1972 Movie
ABC of a Strike

ABC of a Strike

7.7 1990 Movie
Faustão

Faustão

8.0 1971 Movie
Absolute Majority

Absolute Majority

8.8 1964 Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

7.5 1967 Movie
Five Times Favela

Five Times Favela

7.9 1962 Movie
The Girl from Ipanema

The Girl from Ipanema

6.3 1967 Movie
Partido Alto

Partido Alto

7.3 1976 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2017
    Dunas do Barato

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2017
    Guarnieri

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2016
    Cinema Novo

    Movie Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  5. 2014
    Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

    Movie Himself

  6. 2007
    Let Me Tell You

    Movie

  7. 1997
    Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

    Movie Writer

  8. 1996
    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  9. 1990
    ABC of a Strike

    Movie Self

  10. 1987
    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

    Movie Writer

  11. 1987
    Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano

    Movie Director

  12. 1987
    Vianinha

    Movie

  13. 1987
    No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1987
    Images of the Unconscious

    Movie Director

  15. 1981
    They Don't Wear Black Tie

    Movie Director

  16. 1981
    Which Country is this?

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1978
    Rio, Carnaval da Vida

    Movie Director

  2. 1976
    Partido Alto

    Movie Director

  3. 1976
    Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar

    Movie Director

  4. 1976
    Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

    Movie Director

  5. 1975
    Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão

    Movie Producer

  6. 1973
    Ecologia

    Movie Director

  7. 1973
    Megalopolis

    Movie Director

  8. 1972
    Saint Bernard

    Movie Writer

  9. 1971
    Faustão

    Movie Executive Producer

  10. 1971
    Médio São Francisco

    Movie Director

  11. 1970
    A Vingança dos Doze

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 1969
    Nelson Cavaquinho

    Movie Director

  13. 1969
    América do Sexo

    Movie Director

  14. 1969
    Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia

    Movie Director

  15. 1967
    The Girl from Ipanema

    Movie Director

  16. 1967
    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    Movie Self

  17. 1965
    The Deceased

    Movie Director

  18. 1964
    Absolute Majority

    Movie Director

  19. 1964
    A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow

    Movie Producer

  20. 1963
    The Beggars

    Movie

  21. 1962
    Pedreira de São Diogo

    Movie Director

  22. 1962
    Five Times Favela

    Movie Director