- 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.
- Father of Mary Engel and Andy Engel.
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