Leo Hurwitz
View on IMDb ↗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
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
Message to Man
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
Discovery in a LandscapeFilmography (5)
Crew (23)
- 2016Discovery in a PaintingEditor
- 1970This IslandDirector
- 1970Light and the CityDirector
- 1967For Life, Against the WarDirector
- 1966The Sun and Richard LippoldDirector
- 1966In Search of Hart CraneDirector
- 1964An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyEditor
- 1961Here at the Water's EdgeDirector
- 1956The Museum and the FuryEditor
- 1955Dancing James BerryDirector
- 1953The Young FighterDirector
- 1952Emergency WardEditor
- 1951America Applauds: An Evening for Richard RodgersDirector
- 1948Strange VictoryWriter
- 1943Tomorrow We FlyDirector
- 1942Native LandEditor
- 1937Heart of SpainEditor
- 1936The Plow That Broke the PlainsDirector of Photography
- 1934America TodayDirector
- 1933Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932Cinematography
- 1932The National Hunger March 1931Director
- 1932Bonus March 1932Cinematography
- 1932Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford MassacreDirector