Leo Hurwitz

Leo Hurwitz

Directing Jun 23, 1909 Jan 18, 1991 (aged 82) 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.

5 Acting Credits
25 Crew Credits

Acting

Dialogue with a Woman Departed Movie

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

as Himself

1980
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth Movie

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

as Self

1989
Discovery in a Landscape Movie

Discovery in a Landscape

as Narrator

1970
Message to Man Movie

Message to Man

as Self

1989
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika Movie

Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika

as Himself

1980

Crew

The Plow That Broke the Plains Movie

The Plow That Broke the Plains

Director of Photography

1936
Native Land Movie

Native Land

Director

1942
Dialogue with a Woman Departed Movie

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

Director

1980
Strange Victory Movie

Strange Victory

Director

1948
The Sun and Richard Lippold Movie

The Sun and Richard Lippold

Writer

1966
Heart of Spain Movie

Heart of Spain

Editor

1937
Tomorrow We Fly Movie

Tomorrow We Fly

Director

1943
The National Hunger March 1931 Movie

The National Hunger March 1931

Director

1932
This Island Movie

This Island

Director

1970
For Life, Against the War Movie

For Life, Against the War

Director

1967
Bonus March 1932 Movie

Bonus March 1932

Director

1932
Dancing James Berry Movie

Dancing James Berry

Writer

1955