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Brazilian documentary filmmaker
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Place of birth
Lins de Vasconcelos, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Place of death
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Age
49 years
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Biography
Leon Hirszman (22 November 1937 – 15 September 1987) was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter, and one of the main figures of Cinema Novo. He is best known for directing the 1981 film Eles não usam Black-tie (They Don't Wear Black-tie) which won the Special Jury Prize at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. His other films include Fernanda Montenegro's 1965 film debut A Falecida, the 1972 adaptation of Graciliano Ramos's São Bernardo and the documentary ABC da Greve. He died from complications of HIV/AIDS on 15 September 1987, aged 49.
Selected filmography
- Cinco vezes favela ("Pedreira de São Diego" segment) (1962)
- Maioria Absoluta (Absolute Majority, 1964)
- A Falecida (1965)
- Garota de Ipanema (1967)
- São Bernardo (1972)
- Que País É Este? (1976)
- Eles Não Usam Black-tie (1981)
- Imagens do Inconsciente (1987)
- ABC da Greve (1990) (posthumous release)
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