Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 23, 1909
Died
Jan 18, 1991
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Credits
28 titles
Leo Hurwitz
Biography
Son of a Russian anarchist, Leo Hurwitz graduated Harvard summa cum laude and became a leader in New York’s left wing film movement from the early 1930s on. In the Workers’ Film and Photo League, NYKino, and Frontier Films, Hurwitz remained the quintessential politically committed cameraman, editor, writer, and director.
Known For
Filmography
Discovery in a Painting
Producer
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
Self
Message to Man
Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Himself
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
Himself
This Island
Director
Light and the City
Producer
Discovery in a Landscape
Narrator
For Life, Against the War
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
Director
The Museum and the Fury
Director
Dancing James Berry
Writer
The Young Fighter
Producer
Emergency Ward
Director
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
Director
Strange Victory
Director
Tomorrow We Fly
Director
Native Land
Director
Heart of Spain
Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography
America Today
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Editor
Bonus March 1932
Cinematography
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director
The National Hunger March 1931
Director