Leo Hurwitz
Director
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.
Born1909-06-23
Place of BirthNew York, New York
Known For
7.0
This Island
Documentary
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
DramaDocumentary
6.3
Native Land
DramaHistory
6.8
Strange Victory
Documentary
America Today
Documentary
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Documentary
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
MusicTV Movie
The Museum and the Fury
Documentary
6.0
For Life, Against the War
Animation
In Search of Hart Crane
Documentary
Emergency Ward
Documentary
6.4
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Documentary
7.9
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Documentary
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Documentary
Dancing James Berry
DocumentaryMusic
Here at the Water's Edge
Documentary
Light and the City
Documentary
The Young Fighter
Documentary
Bonus March 1932
Documentary
Discovery in a Painting
Documentary
6.5
The National Hunger March 1931
Documentary
Discovery in a Landscape
Documentary
7.5
Tomorrow We Fly
Documentary