Leo Hurwitz
Known for: Directing
Born: June 23, 1909
Died: January 18, 1991
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.
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Filmography
28 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Discovery in a Painting
2016
6.6
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1989
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Message to Man
1989
7.9
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980
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Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
1980
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Discovery in a Landscape
1970
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Light and the City
1970
7.0
This Island
1970
6.0
For Life, Against the War
1967
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In Search of Hart Crane
1966
6.4
The Sun and Richard Lippold
1966
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964
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Here at the Water's Edge
1961
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The Museum and the Fury
1956
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Dancing James Berry
1955
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The Young Fighter
1953
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Emergency Ward
1952
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America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951
6.8
Strange Victory
1948
7.5
Tomorrow We Fly
1943
6.3
Native Land
1942
7.5
Heart of Spain
1937
5.8
The Plow That Broke the Plains
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America Today
1934
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Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933
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Bonus March 1932
1932
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Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932
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The National Hunger March 1931
1932