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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 23, 1909(81)
Day of Death
January 18, 1991
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Leo Hurwitz
Directing
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
Filmography
- 1989MovieStrand, Under the Dark Clothas Self
- 1989MovieMessage to Manas Self
- 1980MovieDialogue with a Woman Departedas Himself
- 1980MovieLeo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerikaas Himself
- 1970MovieDiscovery in a Landscapeas Narrator