
Director
Leo Hurwitz
Born 1909 · 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.
Directed

Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director · 1980

Native Land
Director · 1942

Tomorrow We Fly
Director · 1943

Strange Victory
Director · 1948

The Sun and Richard Lippold
Director · 1966

This Island
Director · 1970

The National Hunger March 1931
Director · 1932

For Life, Against the War
Director · 1967
America Today
Director · 1934

An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director · 1964

Light and the City
Director · 1970

The Museum and the Fury
Director · 1956

In Search of Hart Crane
Director · 1966

Discovery in a Landscape
Director · 1970

The Young Fighter
Director · 1953

Here at the Water's Edge
Director · 1961

Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director · 1932

Bonus March 1932
Director · 1932
Acting
Writing

Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Writer · 1980

Native Land
Writer · 1942

Strange Victory
Writer · 1948

The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer · 1966

An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Writer · 1964

The Museum and the Fury
Writer · 1956

In Search of Hart Crane
Writer · 1966

Dancing James Berry
Writer · 1955


