Leo Hurwitz
Directing
Born
Jun 23, 1909
From
New York, New York
Died
Jan 18, 1991
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 — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Native Land
Director
For Life, Against the War
Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director
Strange Victory
Director
Discovery in a Landscape
Director
America Today
Director
Tomorrow We Fly
Director
The National Hunger March 1931
Director
National Hunger March 1931
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer
Light and the City
Producer
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director
The Young Fighter
Producer
Discovery in a Painting
Producer
Dancing James Berry
Writer
This Island
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
Director
Emergency Ward
Director
The Museum and the Fury
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Director
Bonus March 1932
Director