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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-06-23 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York

Leo Hurwitz

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

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Native Land

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The Sun and Richard Lippold

America Today

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Strange Victory

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For Life, Against the War

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Discovery in a Landscape

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Light and the City

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Dancing James Berry

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This Island

The National Hunger March 1931

Acting

1989

Message to Man as Himself

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth as Self

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Himself

Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika as Himself

1970

Discovery in a Landscape as Narrator

Directing

2016

Discovery in a Painting as Director

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Director

1970

Discovery in a Landscape as Director

Light and the City as Director

This Island as Director

1967

For Life, Against the War as Director

1966

The Sun and Richard Lippold as Director

In Search of Hart Crane as Director

1964

An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy as Director

1961

Here at the Water's Edge as Director

1956

The Museum and the Fury as Director

1955

Dancing James Berry as Director

1953

The Young Fighter as Director

1952

Emergency Ward as Director

1948

Strange Victory as Director

1942

Native Land as Director

1934

America Today as Director

1933

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 as Director

1932

Bonus March 1932 as Director

National Hunger March 1931 as Director

The National Hunger March 1931 as Director

Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre as Director

Crew

1933

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 as Cinematography

1932

Bonus March 1932 as Cinematography

Writing

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Writer

1966

The Sun and Richard Lippold as Writer

In Search of Hart Crane as Writer

1955

Dancing James Berry as Writer

1948

Strange Victory as Writer

1942

Native Land as Writer

Production

2016

Discovery in a Painting as Producer

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Producer

1970

Light and the City as Producer

Discovery in a Landscape as Producer

1966

The Sun and Richard Lippold as Producer

In Search of Hart Crane as Producer

1956

The Museum and the Fury as Producer

1953

The Young Fighter as Producer

Editing

2016

Discovery in a Painting as Editor

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Editor

1952

Emergency Ward as Editor

1942

Native Land as Editor

1937

Heart of Spain as Editor

1933

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 as Editor

Camera

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed as Director of Photography

1936

The Plow That Broke the Plains as Director of Photography