Person

Leo Hurwitz

Directing · 1909–1991 · 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.

Known for

Filmography

2016Discovery in a PaintingProducer
1989Strand, Under the Dark ClothSelf
1989Message to ManSelf
1980Dialogue with a Woman DepartedHimself
1980Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes AmerikaHimself
1970Discovery in a LandscapeNarrator
1970Light and the CityProducer
1970This IslandDirector
1967For Life, Against the WarDirector
1966In Search of Hart CraneDirector
1966The Sun and Richard LippoldWriter
1964An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyDirector
1961Here at the Water's EdgeDirector
1956The Museum and the FuryDirector
1955Dancing James BerryWriter
1953The Young FighterProducer
1952Emergency WardDirector
1951America Applauds: An Evening for Richard RodgersDirector
1948Strange VictoryDirector
1943Tomorrow We FlyDirector
1942Native LandDirector
1937Heart of SpainEditor
1936The Plow That Broke the PlainsDirector of Photography
1934America TodayDirector
1933Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932Editor
1932Bonus March 1932Cinematography
1932Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford MassacreDirector
1932The National Hunger March 1931Director

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