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Leo Hurwitz

Leo Hurwitz

ProducerActorDirectorWriterEditor Jun 23 (died age 81) New York, New York 1932–2016 (84 year career)
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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.

Known For

Native Land
Film

Native Land

Director
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Film

The Plow That Broke the Plains

Director of Photography
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Film

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

Himself
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Film

The Sun and Richard Lippold

Writer
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
Film

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

Self
Strange Victory
Film

Strange Victory

Director
Heart of Spain
Film

Heart of Spain

Editor
This Island
Film

This Island

Director

Filmography