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Press

FILMS ALL DAY AT THE METROGRAPH FOR MORRIS ENGEL’S CENTENNIAL.

Go to www.metrograph.com for more info…

LITTLE FUGITIVE 60th ANNIVERSARY PRESS:

WALL STREET JOURNAL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323701904578276042891860954.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLETopStories
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VARIETY: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118064251/
TIMEOUT: http://www.timeout.com/us/film/little-fugitive
NEW YORKER:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2013/02/04/130204gomo_GOAT_movies?currentPage=2
FILM COMMENT:
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/godard-asks-morris-engel-for-his-camera
THE NEW YORK TIMES:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/movies/the-new-yawk-new-wave-series-at-film-forum.html?ref=movies&_r=1
CINESPECT: http://cinespect.com/2013/02/little-fugitive-coney-island-baby/
BLOG: http://amusingthezillion.com/2013/02/02/a-coney-island-classic-60th-anniversary-of-little-fugitive/
FILM FORUM: http://newsletter.filmforum.org/littlefugitivepr.html
MARY ENGEL PRESS:
PROGRESSIVE RADIO NETWORK:
http://prn.fm/2013/01/05/a-womans-perspective-mary-engel-010513/#axzz2H907k0Tz

EARLY PRESS:

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Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin


Morris Engel and award-winning photographer/filmmaker Ruth Orkin married in 1952 during the making of LITTLE FUGITIVE. They would also collaborate on “LOVERS and LOLLIPOPS in 1955. They had two children, Andy in 1959 and Mary in 1961, that Orkin photographed extensively. Orkin photographed Celebrities, Musicians, New York City and throughout Europe and is most known for the iconic photograph “American Girl in Italy.”

Visit the Ruth Orkin Photo Archive »

About Morris Engel

Morris Engel was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 8, 1918. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School and joined the Photo League in 1936 where he met Aaron Siskind and Paul Strand who became major influences in his life. He worked on the paper PM, and then enlisted in the Navy, where he was a combat photographer. He later did many magazine picture stories in the late 40’s. He also made films, and his classic film, LITTLE FUGITIVE was released in 1953. He shot several more features, and later worked with video.

About the Archive

The Morris Engel archive is run by his daughter, Mary Engel. Many of the photographs on the website are available for licensing or for purchase. His 3 feature films are available on the DVD boxset “The Films of Morris Engel” or for 16mm or 35mm film rental.

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