Leo Hurwitz
AKA:
0.0953
1909-06-23
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.
Crew Roles
Native Land
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director
Strange Victory
Director
National Hunger March 1931
Director
Bonus March 1932
Cinematography
The National Hunger March 1931
Director
Bonus March 1932
Director
Dancing James Berry
Writer
Discovery in a Landscape
Director
Light and the City
Producer
Discovery in a Painting
Producer
Discovery in a Painting
Editor
Discovery in a Painting
Director
Discovery in a Landscape
Producer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Producer
The Young Fighter
Producer
Light and the City
Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Director
Heart of Spain
Editor
This Island
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Editor
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Writer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Producer
For Life, Against the War
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
Director
Strange Victory
Writer
Dancing James Berry
Director
The Young Fighter
Director
Emergency Ward
Director
Emergency Ward
Editor
The Museum and the Fury
Director
The Museum and the Fury
Producer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director of Photography
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography
Native Land
Writer
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Editor
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Director
Native Land
Editor
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Cinematography
America Today
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
Producer
In Search of Hart Crane
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {5}
