Directing
Leo Hurwitz
- Born
- 1909-06-23
- Died
- 1991-01-18
- Birthplace
- New York, New York
Biography
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
28 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Discovery in a Painting
2016 · Movie
Director · Producer · Editor
Message to Man
1989 · Movie
Self
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1989 · Movie
Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 · Movie
Himself · Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Director of Photography
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
1980 · Movie
Himself
Discovery in a Landscape
1970 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Producer
Light and the City
1970 · Movie
Producer · Director
This Island
1970 · Movie
Director
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Movie
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966 · Movie
Writer · Producer · Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer · Editor
Here at the Water's Edge
1961 · Movie
Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer · Editor
Dancing James Berry
1955 · Movie
Writer · Director
The Young Fighter
1953 · Movie
Producer · Director
Emergency Ward
1952 · Movie
Director · Editor
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 · Movie
Director
Strange Victory
1948 · Movie
Director · Writer
Tomorrow We Fly
1943 · Movie
Director
Native Land
1942 · Movie
Director · Writer · Editor
Heart of Spain
1937 · Movie
Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 · Movie
Director of Photography
America Today
1934 · Movie
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933 · Movie
Director · Editor · Cinematography
Bonus March 1932
1932 · Movie
Director · Cinematography
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932 · Movie
Director
The National Hunger March 1931
1932 · Movie
Director