Home › Entities › human › Pare Lorentz

Pare Lorentz

American film director, screenwriter, and New Deal documentary filmmaker (1905–1992)
Person human Q2052126

Facts

37 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
December 11, 1905
Date of death
March 4, 1992
Place of birth
Clarksburg
Place of death
Armonk
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
film director, screenwriter, film producer, journalist, film critic, film editor, author, director[13][14][15]
Employer
Resettlement Administration, William Randolph Hearst[16][17]
Educated at
West Virginia University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon-Upshur High School[18][19][20]
Award received
honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate, Legion of Merit[24][25]
Notable work
The Plow That Broke the Plains, The River, The Fight for Life[21][22][23]
Sibling
Anne Lorentz Miller
Official website
www.parelorentzcenter.org[41]
Cause of death
cancer[32]
Work location
New York City, Washington, D.C., Kern County, United States[42][43][44][45]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Academic degree
high school diploma[33]
Archives at
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Columbia University), National Archives at College Park[29][30][31]
Birth name
Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
'Items for criticism (not in sequence)': Joseph DeLee, Pare Lorentz and The Fight for Life (1940).
Family name
Lorentz[38]
Given name
Pare[39]
Show all 37 facts +13
Has works in the collection
PARE LORENTZ MOTION PICTURE, SOUND RECORDING, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION (NAID 963), National Film Registry
Manner of death
natural causes[46]
Military branch
United States Army Air Forces[27]
Military, police or special rank
lieutenant colonel[28]
Name in native language
Pare Lorentz
Native language
English[12]
Nickname
FDR’s filmmaker
Number of children
+2
P14750
863F-4B67-FEC0-0007-A591
Participated in conflict
World War II[37]
Place of burial
Upshur County[10]
Pseudonym
Pare Lorentz[40]
Residence
Buckhannon, New York City, Armonk[34][35][36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz en Pare Lorentz en Leonard Lorentz ar باري لورنتز cs Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz ja パレ・ローレンツ ru Pare Lorentz ru Лоренц, Пэр ru Пэр Лоренц
🔖 Identifiers · 67
ISNI
000000008101317X
VIAF cluster ID
22280095
Library of Congress authority ID
n85245459
GND ID
119092921
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
(still image) Pare Lorentz., (1935 - 1942).jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/14055
AllMovie person ID
p100161
AlloCiné person ID
496043
American Film Institute person ID
120502
American National Biography ID
1800753
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/74801
Artnet artist ID
pare-lorentz
Show all 67 identifiers +55
BFI Films, TV and people ID
4ce2b9f2bdebe
BIBSYS ID
90106458
BabelNet ID
00370223n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13173254d
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
lorentz-pare
CiNii Research ID
1140563741586568064
DDB person (GND) ID
119092921
Described at URL
www.wvencyclopedia.org
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119092921
E-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID
1454
Elonet person ID
774378
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Pare-Lorentz
FAST ID
173821
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_119092921
Filmportal ID
53c4a5b77edd49e3ab8dd694f7f3cbfa
Freebase ID
/m/04jqsg
Geni.com profile ID
6000000063230815890
George Eastman Museum people ID
38318
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Pare_Lorentz
IMDb ID
nm0520671
IdRef ID
035192674
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119092921
Kallías ID
PE00068997
Kinobox person ID
881775
Kinopoisk person ID
553840
Libraries Australia ID
35312967
Libris-URI
97mpsbwt3b8lz4l
MovieMeter person ID
1071043
Movieplayer person ID
400110
Muck Rack journalist ID
pare-lorentz
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
107867
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA06712660
NE.se ID
pare-lorentz
NL CR AUT ID
xx0182694
NLA Trove people ID
907906
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000553303
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007285255005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07327481X
OpenMLOL author ID
125148
PORT person ID
202056
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
31388
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
4709
Related category
Category:Films directed by Pare Lorentz
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/pare_lorentz, critic/pare-lorentz, critics/pare-lorentz
SELIBR ID
256585
SNAC ARK ID
w6v73k22, w61g11th
Swedish Film Database person ID
130776
TCM Movie Database person ID
352952
TMDB person ID
1071043
Topic's main category
Category:Films directed by Pare Lorentz
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10569036
Unz Review author ID
LorentzPare
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJc3Dyxt88m483mdCQXyBP
Yale LUX ID
person/f79bf6c1-5d34-4a32-be3a-274b215c650b
ČSFD person ID
16127

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Occupation 8
journalist, film director, author, screenwriter, film producer, director, film editor, film critic
Films directed 4
The River, The Fight for Life, The Plow That Broke the Plains, United States Film Service
Work location 4
United States, New York City, Washington, D.C., Kern County
Films written 3
The River, The Fight for Life, The Plow That Broke the Plains
Notable work 3
The River, The Fight for Life, The Plow That Broke the Plains
Residence 3
New York City, Buckhannon, Armonk
Award received 2
Legion of Merit, honorary doctorate
Educated at 2
West Virginia University, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Employer 2
William Randolph Hearst, Resettlement Administration
Academic degree 1
high school diploma
Archives at 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Cause of death 1
cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Has works in the collection 1
National Film Registry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Military branch 1
United States Army Air Forces
Military, police or special rank 1
lieutenant colonel
Native language 1
English
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Place of birth 1
Clarksburg
Place of burial 1
Upshur County
Place of death 1
Armonk
Sex or gender 1
male
← Copyright holder 1
The River
← Film editor 1
The River
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Pare Lorentz was born on December 11, 1905[1], in Clarksburg[2]. He died on March 4, 1992[3], in Armonk[4]. He worked as a film director[5], screenwriter[6], film producer[7], journalist[8], and film critic[9].

FAQs

Where was Pare Lorentz born?

Pare Lorentz was born in Clarksburg[2].

Where did Pare Lorentz die?

Pare Lorentz passed away in Armonk[4].

What did Pare Lorentz do for work?

Pare Lorentz worked as a film director[5], screenwriter[6], film producer[7], journalist[8], and film critic[9].

Where did Pare Lorentz go to school?

Pare Lorentz was educated at West Virginia University[18], West Virginia Wesleyan College[19], and Buckhannon-Upshur High School[20].

What awards did Pare Lorentz receive?

Honors received include honorary doctorate[24] and Legion of Merit[25].

Related Entities

New York City United States William Randolph Hearst

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . parelorentzcenter.org. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . parelorentzcenter.org. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . buckhannonwv.org. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . CiNii. Retrieved . documentary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . CiNii. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . documentary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . parelorentzcenter.org. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . parelorentzcenter.org. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . fdrlibrary.org. Retrieved . fdrlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [30] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . findingaids.library.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . buckhannonwv.org. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . buckhannonwv.org. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . parelorentzcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [39] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [40] ↑ . buckhannonwv.org. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [22] ↑ . West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . buckhannonwv.org. Retrieved . buckhannonwv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Pare Lorentz. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pare-lorentz
MLA “Pare Lorentz.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pare-lorentz.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pare-lorentz_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pare Lorentz}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pare-lorentz}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Pare Lorentz — https://4ort.xyz/entity/pare-lorentz (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pare-lorentz · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'la']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||nb */ other names, source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksik"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Pare
    Related category → Category:Films directed by Pare Lorentz
    Residence → Buckhannon, New York City, Armonk
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46460|batch #46460]]: HAND ID (6)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.