Known For
Directing
Known Credits
5
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 23, 1909 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
New York, New York
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.
| 2016 | Discovery in a Painting...Director | |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed...Director | |
| 1970 | Light and the City...Director | |
| 1970 | This Island...Director | |
| 1970 | Discovery in a Landscape...Director | |
| 1967 | For Life, Against the War...Director | |
| 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane...Director | |
| 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold...Director | |
| 1964 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy...Director | |
| 1961 | Here at the Water's Edge...Director | |
| 1956 | The Museum and the Fury...Director | |
| 1955 | Dancing James Berry...Director | |
| 1953 | The Young Fighter...Director | |
| 1952 | Emergency Ward...Director | |
| 1951 | America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers...Director | |
| 1948 | Strange Victory...Director | |
| 1943 | Tomorrow We Fly...Director | |
| 1942 | Native Land...Director | |
| 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 |
| 2016 | Discovery in a Painting...Producer | |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed...Producer | |
| 1970 | Light and the City...Producer | |
| 1970 | Discovery in a Landscape...Producer | |
| 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane...Producer | |
| 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold...Producer | |
| 1964 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy...Producer | |
| 1956 | The Museum and the Fury...Producer | |
| 1953 | The Young Fighter...Producer |
| 2016 | Discovery in a Painting...Editor | |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed...Editor | |
| 1964 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy...Editor | |
| 1956 | The Museum and the Fury...Editor | |
| 1952 | Emergency Ward...Editor | |
| 1942 | Native Land...Editor | |
| 1937 | Heart of Spain...Editor | |
| 1933 | Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932...Editor |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed...Writer | |
| 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane...Writer | |
| 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold...Writer | |
| 1964 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy...Writer | |
| 1956 | The Museum and the Fury...Writer | |
| 1955 | Dancing James Berry...Writer | |
| 1948 | Strange Victory...Writer | |
| 1942 | Native Land...Writer |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed...Director of Photography | |
| 1936 | The Plow That Broke the Plains...Director of Photography |
| 1933 | Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932...Cinematography | |
| 1932 | Bonus March 1932...Cinematography |
| 1989 | Strand, Under the Dark Clothas Self | |
| 1989 | Message to Manas Self | |
| 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departedas Himself | |
| 1980 | Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerikaas Himself | |
| 1970 | Discovery in a Landscapeas Narrator |
