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Morris Engel

American photographer and filmmaker (1918-2005)

0.39body-of-work score · ranked #1541 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library

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Born
April 8, 1918 · Brooklyn
Died
March 5, 2005 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Directing career
3 directorial credits, 1953–1960 · first: Little Fugitive (1953) · last: Weddings and Babies (1960)
Work
film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, photographer
Movement
French New Wave
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Little Fugitive

    1953 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 1997) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.392 citations

Complete filmography

All 3 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.