Arne Sucksdorff

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Arne Sucksdorff (February 3, 1917 - May 4, 2001) was a Swedish movie director, considered one of cinema's greatest documentary filmmakers. He was particularly celebrated for his visually poetic and scenic nature documentaries. His works include Pojken i trädet (The Boy in the Tree) and the Academy Award-winning Människor i Stad (Symphony of a City )

In the early 60s, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he taught cinema at the film school and continued making documentaries, such as Mitt hem är Copacabana (My Home Is Copacabana).

In later life, he became an outspoken critic of deforestation and a fervent environmentalist.

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• Arne Sucksdorff at the Internet Movie Database