Leo Hurwitz

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1909-06-23

Deathday 1991-01-18 (81 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York

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.

Known For

Director

Producer

2016
1970
Light and the City

as Producer

1970
1966
1956
1953
The Young Fighter

as Producer

Writer

1955
1948
Strange Victory

as Writer

1942
Native Land

as Writer

Crew

Camera

1980
Dialogue with a Woman Departed

as Director of Photography

1936
The Plow That Broke the Plains

as Director of Photography