Leon Hirszman


Director

About

Birth Place
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Died
September 15, 1987
Cause of Death
Complications Resulting From Aids

Biography

Leading filmmaker associated with Brazil's Cinema Novo movement. His best known works are "Sao Bernardo" (1970), considered a Brazilian classic, and "They Don't Wear Black Tie" (1981), a very powerful film dealing with striking workers which deservedly won an award at the Venice Film Festival....

Biography

Leading filmmaker associated with Brazil's Cinema Novo movement. His best known works are "Sao Bernardo" (1970), considered a Brazilian classic, and "They Don't Wear Black Tie" (1981), a very powerful film dealing with striking workers which deservedly won an award at the Venice Film Festival.

Life Events

1965

Feature directorial debut, "A Falecida/The Deceased"

1988

Directed final feature, "Imagens do inconsciente/Pictures From the Unconscious"

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