Ben Maddow was a prolific screenwriter and documentarian from the 1930’s through the 1970’s. Educated at Columbia University, Maddow began his career working within the American documentary movement in the 1930’s.
In 1936 he co-founded the short-lived left-wing newsreel The World Today. Under the pseudonym of David Wolff, Maddow co-wrote the screenplay to the Paul Strand–Leo Hurwitz documentary landmark, Native Land (1942).
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