Leo Hurwitz

Known for: Directing
Born: June 23, 1909, New York, New York
Died: January 18, 1991
Movies: 28

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 Movies

6.3

Native Land

1942

7.9

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

1980

6.6

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

1989

6.8

Strange Victory

1948

6.4

The Sun and Richard Lippold

1966

7.5

Tomorrow We Fly

1943

6.5

The National Hunger March 1931

1932

7.0

This Island

1970

6.0

For Life, Against the War

1967

Discovery in a Landscape

1970

Filmography

1989	Strand, Under the Dark Cloth	Self
1989	Message to Man	Self
1980	Dialogue with a Woman Departed	Himself
1980	Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika	Himself
1970	Discovery in a Landscape	Narrator

Directing, Writing & Producing

2016	Discovery in a Painting	Producer, Director
1980	Dialogue with a Woman Departed	Director, Writer, Producer
1970	Discovery in a Landscape	Director, Producer
1970	Light and the City	Producer, Director
1970	This Island	Director
1967	For Life, Against the War	Director
1966	In Search of Hart Crane	Director, Producer, Writer
1966	The Sun and Richard Lippold	Writer, Producer, Director
1964	An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy	Director, Writer, Producer
1961	Here at the Water's Edge	Director
1956	The Museum and the Fury	Director, Producer, Writer
1955	Dancing James Berry	Writer, Director
1953	The Young Fighter	Producer, Director
1952	Emergency Ward	Director
1951	America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers	Director
1948	Strange Victory	Director, Writer
1943	Tomorrow We Fly	Director
1942	Native Land	Director, Writer
1934	America Today	Director
1933	Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932	Director
1932	Bonus March 1932	Director
1932	Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre	Director
1932	The National Hunger March 1931	Director

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