Leo Hurwitz
b. 1909 — d. 1991 (aged 82)
New York, New York
Director
Writer
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
Filmography
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To Tell the Truth
2016 Self
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★ 7.3
The Specialist
1999 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1991 Self
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★ 8.0
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 Self
Director
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Cinematographer
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Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
1980 Self
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★ 6.2
Light and the City
1970 Director
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Discovery in a Landscape
1970 Director
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Discovery in a Painting
1970 Director
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This Island
1970 Director
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For Life, Against the War
1967 Director
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★ 6.3
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966 Director
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★ 7.4
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 Director
Writer
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 Director
Writer
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★ 7.3
Eichmann Trial
1961 Director
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★ 8.0
Here at the Water's Edge
1961 Director
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★ 8.4
The Museum and the Fury
1956 Director
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Dancing James Berry
1954 Director
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The Young Fighter
1953 Director
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Emergency Ward
1952 Director
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America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 Director
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★ 7.5
Strange Victory
1948 Actor
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Father looking in nursery window
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Folksay
1945 Director
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They Were There
1944 Director
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★ 6.3
Native Land
1942 Director
Writer
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★ 7.0
Redes
1936 Writer
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★ 6.2
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 Cinematographer
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America Today
1934 Director
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Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933 Director
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Bonus March 1932
1932 Director
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National Hunger March 1931
1932 Director
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Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932 Director
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The National Hunger March 1931
1931 Director