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.

KNOWN FOR

They Don't Wear Black Tie
1981
Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
2014
Guarnieri
2017
Faustão
1971
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019
Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
1976
ABC of a Strike
1990
Which Country is this?
1981
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
1976
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
11
Directing
27
Writing
12
Producing
8
Camera
1
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Guarnieri
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Dunas do Barato
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
as Himself
2007
Let Me Tell You
1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as Self (uncredited)
1990
ABC of a Strike
as Self
1987
Vianinha
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
1963
The Beggars