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.
Filmography
all 27
Movies 27
Director 15
self 4
Producer 3
Writer 1
Director / Editor / Producer
Discovery in a Painting (2017)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Specialist (1999)
Movie
Himself
Message to Man (1989)
Movie
Director
This Island (1970)
Movie
Director / Producer
Light and the City (1970)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Producer
Discovery in a Landscape (1970)
Movie
Director
Dancing James Berry (1955)
Movie
Director
The Young Fighter (1953)
Movie
Director
Emergency Ward (1952)
Movie
Father looking in nursery window
Strange Victory (1948)
Movie
Director
Native Land (1942)
Movie
Writer
Redes (1936)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
Movie
Director
America Today (1934)
Movie
Director / Editor / Cinematography
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 (1933)
Movie
Director / Cinematography
Bonus March 1932 (1932)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1909-06-23
Deathday1991-01-18 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York, New York
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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