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Leo Hurwitz

Leo Hurwitz

Director · 1909–1991 · New York, New York

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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.

Directed 22

2010s

  1. 2016

    Discovery in a Painting

    Director

1980s

  1. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Director

1970s

  1. 1970

    Discovery in a Landscape

    Director

  2. Light and the City

    Director

  3. This Island

    Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    For Life, Against the War

    Director

  2. 1966

    In Search of Hart Crane

    Director

  3. The Sun and Richard Lippold

    Director

  4. 1964

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    Director

  5. 1961

    Here at the Water's Edge

    Director

1950s

  1. 1956

    The Museum and the Fury

    Director

  2. 1955

    Dancing James Berry

    Director

  3. 1953

    The Young Fighter

    Director

  4. 1952

    Emergency Ward

    Director

  5. 1951

    America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948

    Strange Victory

    Director

  2. 1943

    Tomorrow We Fly

    Director

  3. 1942

    Native Land

    Director

1930s

  1. 1933

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Director

  2. 1932

    Bonus March 1932

    Director

  3. Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre

    Director

  4. The National Hunger March 1931

    Director

Wrote 9

1980s

  1. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1966

    In Search of Hart Crane

    Writer

  2. The Sun and Richard Lippold

    Writer

  3. 1964

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1956

    The Museum and the Fury

    Writer

  2. 1955

    Dancing James Berry

    Writer

1940s

  1. 1948

    Strange Victory

    Writer

  2. 1942

    Native Land

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1936

    The Wave

    Screenplay

Produced 9

2010s

  1. 2016

    Discovery in a Painting

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1970

    Light and the City

    Producer

  2. Discovery in a Landscape

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1966

    In Search of Hart Crane

    Producer

  2. The Sun and Richard Lippold

    Producer

  3. 1964

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1956

    The Museum and the Fury

    Producer

  2. 1953

    The Young Fighter

    Producer

Edited 8

2010s

  1. 2016

    Discovery in a Painting

    Editor

1980s

  1. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1964

    An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy

    Editor

1950s

  1. 1956

    The Museum and the Fury

    Editor

  2. 1952

    Emergency Ward

    Editor

1940s

  1. 1942

    Native Land

    Editor

1930s

  1. 1937

    Heart of Spain

    Editor

  2. 1933

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Editor

Other crew 2

1930s

  1. 1933

    Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

    Cinematography

  2. 1932

    Bonus March 1932

    Cinematography

Camera 2

1980s

  1. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Director of Photography

1930s

  1. 1936

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    Director of Photography

Appearances5

1980s

  1. 1989

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    Self

  2. Message to Man

    Self

  3. 1980

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Himself

  4. Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika

    Himself

1970s

  1. 1970

    Discovery in a Landscape

    Narrator