Leo Hurwitz
Known for
Directing
Born
June 23, 1909
Birthplace
New York, New York
Died
January 18, 1991 (aged 81)
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.
Best known work
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936
Native Land
1942
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1989
Strange Victory
1948
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966
Heart of Spain
1937
Tomorrow We Fly
1943
The National Hunger March 1931
1932
This Island
1970Filmography
2016
Discovery in a PaintingProducer, Director, Editor
1989
Strand, Under the Dark Clothas Self
1989
Message to Manas Self
1980
Dialogue with a Woman Departedas Himself, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
1980
1970
Discovery in a Landscapeas Narrator, Producer, Director
1970
Light and the CityProducer, Director
1970
This IslandDirector
1967
For Life, Against the WarDirector
1966
In Search of Hart CraneWriter, Producer, Director
1966
The Sun and Richard LippoldWriter, Producer, Director
1964
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
1961
Here at the Water's EdgeDirector
1956
The Museum and the FuryDirector, Producer, Writer, Editor
1955
Dancing James BerryWriter, Director
1953
The Young FighterProducer, Director
1952
Emergency WardDirector, Editor
1951
1948
Strange VictoryDirector, Writer
1943
Tomorrow We FlyDirector
1942
Native LandDirector, Writer, Editor
1937
Heart of SpainEditor
1936
The Plow That Broke the PlainsDirector of Photography
1934
America TodayDirector
1933
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932Director, Editor, Cinematography