About
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.
Filmography
Discovery in a Painting2016 · Producer, Editor, Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Discovery in a Landscape1970 · Director, Producer
Light and the City1970 · Producer, Director
This Island1970 · Director
For Life, Against the War1967 · Director
In Search of Hart Crane1966 · Director, Producer, Writer
The Sun and Richard Lippold1966 · Writer, Producer, Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Here at the Water's Edge1961 · Director
The Museum and the Fury1956 · Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
Dancing James Berry1955 · Writer, Director
The Young Fighter1953 · Producer, Director
Emergency Ward1952 · Director, Editor
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers1951 · Director
Strange Victory1948 · Director, Writer
Tomorrow We Fly1943 · Director
Native Land1942 · Director, Writer, Editor
Heart of Spain1937 · Editor
The Plow That Broke the Plains1936 · Director of Photography