Leo Hurwitz
Directing
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.
Filmography 26
Movies (26)
Discovery in a Painting2016Directing
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth1989Self
Message to Man1989Self
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980Himself
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika1980Himself
This Island1970Directing
Discovery in a Landscape1970Narrator
Light and the City1970Directing
For Life, Against the War1967Directing
In Search of Hart Crane1966Directing
The Sun and Richard Lippold1966Directing
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964Directing
Here at the Water's Edge1961Directing
The Museum and the Fury1956Directing
Dancing James Berry1955Directing
The Young Fighter1953Directing
Emergency Ward1952Directing
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers1951Directing
Strange Victory1948Directing
Tomorrow We Fly1943Directing
Native Land1942Directing- America Today1934Directing
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 19321933Directing
Bonus March 19321932Directing
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre1932Directing
The National Hunger March 19311932Directing