Leo Hurwitz
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-06-23 (82 years old)
Deathday
1991-01-18
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Also known As
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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.
Acting
1970
as Narrator
1980
as Himself
1989
as Himself
1989
as Self
1980
Production
1942
as Director
1980
as Director
1948
as Director
1932
as Director
1932
as Director
1932
as Director
1932
as Cinematography
1955
as Writer
1970
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1970
as Director
2016
as Producer
2016
as Director
2016
as Editor
1966
as Writer
1966
as Producer
1953
as Producer
1970
as Director
1966
as Director
1937
as Editor
1970
as Director
1980
as Producer
1980
as Writer
1980
as Editor
1967
as Director
1961
as Director
1948
as Writer
1955
as Director
1952
as Director
1953
as Director
1952
as Editor
1956
as Director
1956
as Producer
1964
1980
as Director of Photography
1936
as Director of Photography
1942
as Writer
1933
1942
as Editor
1934
as Director
1933
as Cinematography
1932
1966
as Writer
1966
as Producer
1966
as Director
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