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Leo Hurwitz

Lived · 81 Born · Jun 23, 1909 From · New York, New York Films · 22

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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

Dialogue with a Woman Departed poster

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

This Island poster

For Life, Against the War poster

For Life, Against the War

The Sun and Richard Lippold poster

The Sun and Richard Lippold

Career timeline

2016

Discovery in a Painting

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed Notable

1970

Discovery in a Landscape

Light and the City

This Island Notable

1967

For Life, Against the War

1966

In Search of Hart Crane

The Sun and Richard Lippold

1964

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

1961

Here at the Water's Edge

1956

The Museum and the Fury

1955

Dancing James Berry

1953

The Young Fighter

1952

1951

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

1948

Strange Victory

1943

Tomorrow We Fly Notable

1942

1933

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

1932

Bonus March 1932

Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre

The National Hunger March 1931

Full filmography

Discovery in a Painting poster

Discovery in a Painting

Dialogue with a Woman Departed poster

Dialogue with a Woman Departed

Discovery in a Landscape poster

Discovery in a Landscape

Light and the City poster

Light and the City

This Island poster

For Life, Against the War poster

For Life, Against the War

In Search of Hart Crane poster

In Search of Hart Crane

The Sun and Richard Lippold poster

The Sun and Richard Lippold

An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy poster

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

Here at the Water's Edge poster

Here at the Water's Edge

The Museum and the Fury poster

The Museum and the Fury

Dancing James Berry poster

Dancing James Berry

The Young Fighter poster

The Young Fighter

Emergency Ward poster

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers poster

America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers

Strange Victory poster

Strange Victory

Tomorrow We Fly poster

Tomorrow We Fly

Native Land poster

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 poster

Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932

Bonus March 1932 poster

Bonus March 1932

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