Pare Lorentz
American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992)
0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1440 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
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- Born
- December 11, 1905 · Clarksburg
- Died
- March 4, 1992 · Armonk
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, journalist
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
1936 · United States · documentary
National Film Registry (inducted 1999)
0.231 citation - 20.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1936The Plow That Broke the Plains
- 1937The River
- 1940The Fight for Life
- 1977Helping People Perform: What Managers Are Paid For
- —Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007)