Filmmaker: Henwar Rodakiewicz

Henwar Rodakiewicz

Club Affiliation

Amateur Cinema League

Greenbrier Amateur Movie Club

Gender:

Male

Awards/Recognition:

ACL Ten Best 1932
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1932 - Certificate Award, Photography
American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1932 - Equipment Prize, Victor Animatograph Company, Best picture from each state - Massachusetts

Films:

Portrait of a Young Man (1932)

• Video: Portrait of a Young Man on YouTube

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Profession:

Filmmaker

Biographical Notes:

“From the mid-1920s when he made Portrait of a Young Man, until his innovative experiments in TV documentary, he remained in the forefront of independent American filmmaking. As a writer, editor, and director, he was celebrated for exploiting the beauty inherent in his material and for his uncompromising honesty.” –Irving Jacoby (via Light Cone).

Bibliographic Resources:

The Ned Scott Archive.
Henwar Rodakiewicz (1903-1976) is profiled by Light Cone.