Director
Leon Hirszman
Born 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. 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.
Directed
They Don't Wear Black Tie
Director · 1981
Absolute Majority
Director · 1964
The Deceased
Director · 1965
Saint Bernard
Director · 1972
ABC of a Strike
Director · 1990
Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano
Director · 1987
Which Country is this?
Director · 1981
Five Times Favela
Director · 1962
Nelson Cavaquinho
Director · 1969
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
Director · 1987
Rio, Carnaval da Vida
Director · 1978
Partido Alto
Director · 1976
Images of the Unconscious
Director · 1987
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Director · 1996
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Director · 1987
The Girl from Ipanema
Director · 1967
Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Director · 1997
Megalopolis
Director · 1973
Acting
ABC of a Strike
Self · 1990
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 2016
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self · 1967
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Self (uncredited) · 1996
Guarnieri
Self (archive footage) · 2017
Dunas do Barato
Self (archive footage) · 2017
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage) · 2019
Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
Himself · 2014
Writing
They Don't Wear Black Tie
Screenplay · 1981
Absolute Majority
Writer · 1964
The Deceased
Writer · 1965
Saint Bernard
Writer · 1972
Five Times Favela
Writer · 1962
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
Screenplay · 1987
Images of the Unconscious
Screenplay · 1987
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Writer · 1987
The Girl from Ipanema
Screenplay · 1967
Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Writer · 1997
Pedreira de São Diogo
Writer · 1962