Paul Strand

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1890-10-16

Deathday 1976-03-31 (85 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York

Paul Strand

Biography

Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Strand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Director

1942
Native Land

as Director

1921
Manhatta

as Director

Camera

1942
Native Land

as Director of Photography

1936
Redes

as Director of Photography

1936
The Plow That Broke the Plains

as Director of Photography

1925
The Live Wire

as Director of Photography

1921
Manhatta

as Director of Photography

Writer

1942
Native Land

as Writer

1936
Redes

as Story

Editor

1937
Heart of Spain

as Editor

Producer

1936
Redes

as Production Supervisor

Actor

1989
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

as Self (archive footage)