# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pare-lorentz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:07:19.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pare-lorentz"
name: "Pare Lorentz"
slug: "pare-lorentz"
description: "Pare Lorentz was an American filmmaker known for his film work about the New Deal. Born Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz in Clarksburg, West Virginia he was educated at Buckhannon High School, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University. As a young film critic in both New York City and Hollywood, Lorentz spoke out against censorship in the film industry."
tagline: "American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(still_image)_Pare_Lorentz.%2C_(1935_-_1942).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1905-12-11"
deathDate: "1992-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             15.96085409252669
  historical:           6.811088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520671/"
    handle:    "nm0520671"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.parelorentzcenter.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Lorentz"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "باري لورنتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "بارى لورنتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Lorentz"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Lorentz"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Lorentz"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare_Lorentz"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2052126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1071043"
    title: "Pare Lorentz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump