Morris Engel

Morris Engel ( born April 18, 1918 in Brooklyn / New York City; † March 5, 2005 ) was an American photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter and director.

Angel, who was interested in photography since his childhood, in 1935 at a price of Photo League in part by Berenice Abbott. He later joined the Feature Group of the League in part and operated among others Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document project part. In 1939, he received the support of Paul beach a solo exhibition at The New School for Social Research, and he worked on Strands monumental film Native Land. In 1940 he was photographer at Ralph Ingersoll's newspaper PM. From 1941 to 1945 he was Chief Photographer's Mate in the U.S. Navy.

From 1945 to 1947, he worked again for PM, then to other newspapers, including Ladies Home Journal, McCall's, Collier's, Fortune, and This Week. In 1951 he turned his short film The Farm They Won in the following year was created in collaboration with Raymond Abrashkin and Ruth Orkin ( whom he married in the same year ), the film The Little Runaway ( Little Fugitives ) on which he as a cinematographer, co-author and director was involved. For this film, he received an Oscar nomination in 1954 for Best Original Story.

With Ruth Orkin turned Angel Lovers and Lollipops (1955), Weddings and Babies ( with Viveca Lindfors, 1958) and I Need a Ride to California ( 1968). In 1962, the movie The Dog Lover with Jack Guilford. In addition, Engel worked for television and turned commercials. In the 1970s and 1980s reinforced returned to photography. Finally, in the 1990s, the video films A Little Bit Pregnant (1994) and Camellia created (1998).

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  • Morris Engel Archive
  • George Eastman House - Morris Engel
  • Morris Engel at the Internet Movie Database (English)
  • Man
  • Born in 1918
  • Died in 2005
  • Photographer
  • Film Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Cameraman
  • Americans
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