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.
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Filmography
Acting (5)
Crew (51)
Movies (51)
Discovery in a Painting
2016Director
Discovery in a Painting
2016Editor
Discovery in a Painting
2016Producer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980Director of Photography
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980Editor
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980Producer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980Writer
Discovery in a Landscape
1970Director
Discovery in a Landscape
1970Producer
Light and the City
1970Director
Light and the City
1970Producer
This Island
1970Director
For Life, Against the War
1967Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966Producer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966Writer
In Search of Hart Crane
1966Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966Producer
In Search of Hart Crane
1966Writer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964Editor
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964Producer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964Writer
Here at the Water's Edge
1961Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956Editor
The Museum and the Fury
1956Producer
The Museum and the Fury
1956Writer
Dancing James Berry
1955Director
Dancing James Berry
1955Writer
The Young Fighter
1953Director
The Young Fighter
1953Producer
Emergency Ward
1952Director
Emergency Ward
1952Editor
Strange Victory
1948Director
Strange Victory
1948Writer
Native Land
1942Director
Native Land
1942Editor
Native Land
1942Writer
Heart of Spain
1937Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936Director of Photography
America Today
1934Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933Cinematography
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933Editor
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932Director
The National Hunger March 1931
1932Director
National Hunger March 1931
1932Director
Bonus March 1932
1932Cinematography
Bonus March 1932
1932Director
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