Director
Leo Hurwitz
Born June 23, 1909 in New York, New YorkDied January 18, 199123 films
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.
Filmography
23 films as director- 2016Discovery in a PaintingDirector
- 1980Dialogue with a Woman DepartedDirector
- 1970Discovery in a LandscapeDirector
- 1970Light and the CityDirector
- 1970This IslandDirector
- 1967For Life, Against the WarDirector
- 1966In Search of Hart CraneDirector
- 1966The Sun and Richard LippoldDirector
- 1964An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyDirector
- 1961Here at the Water's EdgeDirector
- 1956The Museum and the FuryDirector
- 1955Dancing James BerryDirector
- 1953The Young FighterDirector
- 1952Emergency WardDirector
- 1951America Applauds: An Evening for Richard RodgersDirector
- 1948Strange VictoryDirector
- 1943Tomorrow We FlyDirector
- 1942Native LandDirector
- 1934America TodayDirector
- 1933Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932Director
- 1932Bonus March 1932Director
- 1932Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford MassacreDirector
- 1932The National Hunger March 1931Director