2017Nominee
Best Performance
Guarnieri
Leon Hirszman
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
November 22, 1937
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1971Winner
Best Picture
Faustão
1976Nominee
Best Director
Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
Career Highlights
1967Highlight
Best Director
The Girl from Ipanema
1990Highlight
Best Performance
ABC of a Strike