Leo Hurwitz
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
DirectingBirthday
June 23, 1909Deathday
January 18, 1991Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
29Place of birth
New York, New York
Cast credits
Crew credits
Native Land
Director, Writer, Editor
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Strange Victory
Director, Writer
Dancing James Berry
Writer, Director
Discovery in a Landscape
Director, Producer
Light and the City
Producer, Director
Discovery in a Painting
Producer, Editor, Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer, Producer, Director
The Young Fighter
Producer, Director
This Island
Director
For Life, Against the War
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
Director
Emergency Ward
Director, Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of PhotographyImages
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