Leo Hurwitz
Known for Directing
Born June 23, 1909
Died January 18, 1991 (aged 81)
Place of Birth New York, New York
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
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Native Land
1942
Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980
Director
For Life, Against the War
1967
Director
Strange Victory
1948
Director
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America Today
1934
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966
Director
Discovery in a Painting
2016
Director
This Island
1970
Director
Light and the City
1970
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933
Director
The National Hunger March 1931
1932
Director
Emergency Ward
1952
Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966
Director
Dancing James Berry
1955
Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
1961
Director
The Young Fighter
1953
Director
Discovery in a Landscape
1970
Director
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