Leo Hurwitz
Directing · Born Jun 23, 1909 · Died Jan 18, 1991 (81) · 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.
Directed
Discovery in a Painting
2016
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
19807.9
Discovery in a Landscape
1970
Light and the City
1970
This Island
19707.0
For Life, Against the War
19676.0
In Search of Hart Crane
1966
The Sun and Richard Lippold
19666.4
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
Here at the Water's Edge
1961
The Museum and the Fury
1956
Dancing James Berry
1955
The Young Fighter
1953
Emergency Ward
1952
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951
Strange Victory
19486.8
Tomorrow We Fly
19437.5
Native Land
19426.3
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933
Bonus March 1932
1932
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932
The National Hunger March 1931
19326.5
