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.
Personal Details
Movies (27)
Discovery in a Painting
Producer (Production)
2016
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
as Self
1989
Message to Man
as Himself
1989
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
as Himself
1980
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
as Himself
1980
Discovery in a Landscape
as Narrator
1970
Light and the City
Producer (Production)
1970
This Island
Director (Directing)
1970
For Life, Against the War
Director (Directing)
1967
In Search of Hart Crane
Director (Directing)
1966
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer (Writing)
1966
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director (Directing)
1964
Here at the Water's Edge
Director (Directing)
1961
The Museum and the Fury
Director (Directing)
1956
Dancing James Berry
Writer (Writing)
1955
The Young Fighter
Producer (Production)
1953
Emergency Ward
Director (Directing)
1952
Strange Victory
Director (Directing)
1948
Native Land
Director (Directing)
1942
Heart of Spain
Editor (Editing)
1937
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography (Camera)
1936
America Today
Director (Directing)
1934
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Editor (Editing)
1933
Bonus March 1932
Cinematography (Crew)
1932
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director (Directing)
1932
National Hunger March 1931
Director (Directing)
1932
The National Hunger March 1931
Director (Directing)
1932