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Date of Birth
8 April 1918, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death
5 March 2005, New York City, New York, USA (cancer)

Spouse
Ruth Orkin (? - 16 January 1985) (her death) 2 children

Trivia

Was single-handedly responsible for the French New Wave with the film Little Fugitive (1953), a fact that François Truffaut acknowledged in a famous interview.

Was a combat cameraman with the US Army Signal Corps during World War II, and as such took part in the Normandy landings on D-Day, along with future director Russ Meyer. Much of the familiar combat footage that has appeared over the years in documentaries about the D-Day landings was shot by Engel and Meyer.


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