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.

Filmography

• 2014Afterword: Images of the Unconscious — Himself, Director
• 2007Let Me Tell You
• 1997Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado — Director of Photography, Writer
• 1996Bahia de Todos os Sambas — Self (uncredited), Director, Associate Producer
• 1990ABC of a Strike — Self, Director
• 1987Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano — Director
• 1987Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol — Writer, Director
• 1987Images of the Unconscious — Director, Screenplay
• 1987No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes — Screenplay, Director
• 1987Vianinha
• 1981They Don't Wear Black Tie — Director, Screenplay
• 1981Which Country is this? — Director
• 1978Rio, Carnaval da Vida — Director
• 1976Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau — Director
• 1976Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar — Director
• 1976Partido Alto — Director, Producer
• 1975Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão — Producer, Director
• 1973Ecologia — Director
• 1973Megalopolis — Director
• 1972Saint Bernard — Writer, Director
• 1971Faustão — Executive Producer
• 1971Médio São Francisco — Director
• 1970A Vingança dos Doze — Executive Producer
• 1969América do Sexo — Director
• 1969Nelson Cavaquinho — Director
• 1969Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia — Director
• 1967The Girl from Ipanema — Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• 1965The Deceased — Writer, Director
• 1964A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow — Producer
• 1964Absolute Majority — Director, Writer
• 1963The Beggars
• 1962Five Times Favela — Director, Producer, Writer
• 1962Pedreira de São Diogo — Director, Writer

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Dunas do Barato — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Guarnieri — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Cinema Novo — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo — Self