Morris Engel

Who was Morris Engel?

Morris Engel was an influential American photographer, cinematographer and filmmaker best known for directing the 1953 film Little Fugitive in collaboration with his wife, photographer Ruth Orkin, and their friend, writer Raymond Abrashkin.

Engel completed two more features during the 1950s, Lovers and Lollipops and Weddings and Babies.

Engel was a pioneer in the use of hand-held cameras and nonprofessional actors in his films, using cameras that he helped design, and his naturalistic films influenced future prominent independent and French New Wave filmmakers.