Leo Hurwitz
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday23 June 1909
Died18 January 1991 (age 81)
Place of birthNew York, New York
Known credits28
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.
Discovery in a Painting
2016 · Producer
Discovery in a Painting
2016 · Editor
Discovery in a Painting
2016 · Director
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1989 · Self
Message to Man
1989 · Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Himself
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Editor
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Writer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Producer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Director of Photography
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
1980 · Himself
Discovery in a Landscape
1970 · Narrator
Discovery in a Landscape
1970 · Director
Light and the City
1970 · Producer
Discovery in a Landscape
1970 · Producer
Light and the City
1970 · Director
This Island
1970 · Director
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 · Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 · Producer
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 · Writer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966 · Writer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966 · Producer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966 · Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Writer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Producer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Editor
Here at the Water's Edge
1961 · Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956 · Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956 · Producer
The Museum and the Fury
1956 · Writer
The Museum and the Fury
1956 · Editor
Dancing James Berry
1955 · Writer
Dancing James Berry
1955 · Director
The Young Fighter
1953 · Producer
The Young Fighter
1953 · Director
Emergency Ward
1952 · Director
Emergency Ward
1952 · Editor
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 · Director
Strange Victory
1948 · Director
Strange Victory
1948 · Writer
Tomorrow We Fly
1943 · Director
Native Land
1942 · Director
Native Land
1942 · Writer
Native Land
1942 · Editor
Heart of Spain
1937 · Editor
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