Leo Hurwitz

Directing·Jun 23, 1909·New York, New York

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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.

Film	Credit
Discovery in a Painting2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth1989 · Self	Self
Message to Man1989 · Self	Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Himself, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Himself, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika1980 · Himself	Himself
Discovery in a Landscape1970 · Narrator, Director, Producer	Narrator, Director, Producer
Light and the City1970 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
This Island1970 · Director	Director
For Life, Against the War1967 · Director	Director
In Search of Hart Crane1966 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Sun and Richard Lippold1966 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Here at the Water's Edge1961 · Director	Director
The Museum and the Fury1956 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Dancing James Berry1955 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Young Fighter1953 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Emergency Ward1952 · Director	Director
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers1951 · Director	Director
Strange Victory1948 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tomorrow We Fly1943 · Director	Director
Native Land1942 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Plow That Broke the Plains1936 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
AAmerica Today1934 · Director	Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 19321933 · Director	Director
Bonus March 19321932 · Director	Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre1932 · Director	Director
The National Hunger March 19311932 · Director	Director