Directing
Leo Hurwitz
EN, RU, DE cinema · 28 credits
Born
23 June 1909
Died
18 January 1991 (aged 81)
Birthplace
New York, New York
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
Discovery in a Painting
Producer, Director, Editor
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
as Himself, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Discovery in a Landscape
as Narrator, Producer, Director
Light and the City
Producer, Director
This Island
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer, Producer, Director
In Search of Hart Crane
Writer, Producer, Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The Museum and the Fury
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Dancing James Berry
Writer, Director
The Young Fighter
Producer, Director
Emergency Ward
Director, Editor
Strange Victory
Director, Writer
Tomorrow We Fly
Director
Native Land
Director, Writer, Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Bonus March 1932
Director, Cinematography
