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