Cast & creator
Leon Hirszman
Best known for They Don't Wear Black Tie, They Don't Wear Black Tie, Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
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.
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1962–2019 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Director
1981They Don't Wear Black Tie
Screenplay
1981Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
Himself
2014Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
Director
2014
Guarnieri
Self (archive footage)
2017
Faustão
Executive Producer
1971
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Self (uncredited)
1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Director
1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Associate Producer
1996
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
1967
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
2019
Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
Director
1976
ABC of a Strike
Self
1990ABC of a Strike
Director
1990Which Country is this?
Director
1981
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
Director
1976
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
Producer
1964
The Deceased
Writer
1965The Deceased
Director
1965
The Girl from Ipanema
Director
1967The Girl from Ipanema
Screenplay
1967The Girl from Ipanema
Story
1967The Girl from Ipanema
Producer
1967
A Vingança dos Doze
Executive Producer
1970
Dunas do Barato
Self (archive footage)
2017
Five Times Favela
Director
1962Five Times Favela
Producer
1962Five Times Favela
Writer
1962
Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão
Producer
1975Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão
Director
1975
Saint Bernard
Writer
1972Saint Bernard
Director
1972
The Beggars
1963
Images of the Unconscious
Director
1987Images of the Unconscious
Screenplay
1987
Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Director of Photography
1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Writer
1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Director
1997
Let Me Tell You
2007
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
Screenplay
1987No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
Director
1987
Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia
Director
1969
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2016Pedreira de São Diogo
Director
1962Pedreira de São Diogo
Writer
1962América do Sexo
Director
1969
Vianinha
1987
Médio São Francisco
Director
1971
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Writer
1987Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Director
1987
Rio, Carnaval da Vida
Director
1978
Absolute Majority
Director
1964Absolute Majority
Writer
1964
Partido Alto
Director
1976Partido Alto
Producer
1976
Nelson Cavaquinho
Director
1969
Ecologia
Director
1973
Megalopolis
Director
1973
Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano
Director
1987