Why this filmmaker matters
Irving Gertz has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Irving Gertz has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Gertz set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Jack Arnold
Director
4 shared titles · The Incredible Shrinking Man
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · The Incredible Shrinking Man

Charles Drake
Actor
2 shared titles · No Name on the Bullet

Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Howard Christie
Producer
2 shared titles · Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Orville H. Hampton
Screenplay
2 shared titles · The Alligator People
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