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.

Born: June 23, 1909 in New York, New York

Died: January 18, 1991 (Age 81)

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Leo Hurwitz Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	1989
Dialogue with a Woman Departed Movie	8.2	Actor	Himself	1980
Message to Man Movie		Actor	Himself	1989
Discovery in a Landscape Short Film		Actor	Narrator	1970
Native Land Movie	6.1	Directing	Director, Editor, Writer	1942
Dialogue with a Woman Departed Movie	8.2	Directing	Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography	1980
Strange Victory Movie	7.3	Directing	Director, Writer	1948
Here at the Water's Edge Movie	8.2	Directing	Director	1961
The Museum and the Fury Movie	8.7	Directing	Director, Producer	1956
The Sun and Richard Lippold Movie	6.6	Directing	Director, Writer, Producer	1966
For Life, Against the War Movie		Directing	Director	1967
The Plow That Broke the Plains Short Film	6	Directing	Director of Photography	1936
Heart of Spain Short Film	6.2	Editing	Editor	1937
This Island Short Film		Directing	Director	1970
Light and the City Short Film	6.9	Directing	Director, Producer	1970
Discovery in a Landscape Short Film		Directing	Director, Producer	1970
Emergency Ward Short Film		Directing	Director, Editor	1952
The Young Fighter Short Film		Directing	Director, Producer	1953
Dancing James Berry Short Film		Directing	Director, Writer	1954
America Today Short Film		Directing	Director	1934
National Hunger March 1931 Short Film		Directing	Director	1932
In Search of Hart Crane Movie		Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1966
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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