Leo Hurwitz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 23, 1909
- Died
- January 18, 1991
- 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.
Filmography
Discovery in a Painting 2016
Producer, Director, Editor
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth 1989
as Self
Message to Man 1989
as Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed 1980
as Himself, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika 1980
as Himself
This Island 1970
Director
Light and the City 1970
Producer, Director
Discovery in a Landscape 1970
as Narrator, Producer, Director
For Life, Against the War 1967
Director
In Search of Hart Crane 1966
Writer, Producer, Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold 1966
Writer, Producer, Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy 1964
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Here at the Water's Edge 1961
Director
The Museum and the Fury 1956
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Dancing James Berry 1955
Writer, Director
The Young Fighter 1953
Producer, Director
Emergency Ward 1952
Director, Editor
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers 1951
Director
Strange Victory 1948
Director, Writer
Tomorrow We Fly 1943
Director
Native Land 1942
Director, Writer, Editor
Heart of Spain 1937
Editor
The Wave 1936
Screenplay
The Plow That Broke the Plains 1936
Director of Photography
- America Today
America Today 1934
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 1933
Director, Editor, Cinematography
Bonus March 1932 1932
Director, Cinematography
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre 1932
Director
The National Hunger March 1931 1932
Director
Credits from TMDB.