movement death_place death_date birth_place awards article_title birth_date known_for organization employer name occupation alma_mater
new deal armonk , new york 04 march 1992 clarksburg , west virginia `` . best documentary '' , venice international film festival pare lorentz
 11 december 1905 documentary , nuremberg trials ; world war ii war department films films about the new deal , dust bowl colonel ii , u.s. army air corps , world war resettlement administration pare lorentz new deal filmmaker hollywood film critic west virginia wesleyan college west virginia university
pare lorentz

pare lorentz -lrb- december 11 , 1905 -- march 4 , 1992 -rrb- was an american filmmaker known for his movies about the new deal .
born leonard mactaggart lorentz in clarksburg , west virginia , he was educated at west virginia wesleyan college and west virginia university .
as a young film critic in new york and hollywood , lorentz spoke out against censorship in the film industry .
as the most influential documentary filmmaker of the great depression , lorentz was the leading us advocate for government-sponsored documentary films .
his service as a filmmaker for us army air corps in world war ii was formidable , including technical films , documentation of bombing raids , and synthesizing raw footage of nazi atrocities for an educational film on the nuremberg trials .
nonetheless , lorentz will always be known best as `` fdr 's filmmaker . ''
