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 25
Movies 25
Director 16
Producer 3
self 3
Writer 1
Director / Editor / Producer
Discovery in a Painting (2017)
Movie
Himself
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1989)
Movie
Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980)
Movie
Self
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika (1980)
Movie
Director
This Island (1970)
Movie
Director / Producer
Light and the City (1970)
Movie
Narrator / Director / Producer
Discovery in a Landscape (1970)
Movie
Director
For Life, Against the War (1967)
Movie
Director
In Search of Hart Crane (1966)
Movie
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold (1966)
Movie
Director
Here at the Water's Edge (1961)
Movie
Director
Dancing James Berry (1955)
Movie
Director
The Young Fighter (1953)
Movie
Director
Emergency Ward (1952)
Movie
Director
Strange Victory (1948)
Movie
Director
Native Land (1942)
Movie
Editor
Heart of Spain (1937)
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
Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre (1932)
Movie
Director
The National Hunger March 1931 (1932)
Movie
Director
National Hunger March 1931 (1932)
Movie
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1936
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1955
2017
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1909-06-23
Deathday1991-01-18 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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