Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Leo Hurwitz
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 19Directed series: 0All crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 131469
IMDb ID: nm0007238
Known for: Directing
Born: June 23, 1909
Died: January 18, 1991
Age: 81
Place of birth: New York, New York
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1932 - 2016
Years active: 85
Wikidata: Q3229564
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Director of Photography (1)Producer (2)Writer (2)Editor (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Leo Hurwitz.
Director
Discovery in a Painting
2016 • Movie
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 • Movie
Director
This Island
1970 • Movie
Director
Discovery in a Landscape
1970 • Movie
Director
For Life, Against the War
1967 • Movie
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 • Movie
Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 • Movie
Director
Here at the Water's Edge
1961 • Movie
Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956 • Movie
Director
Emergency Ward
1952 • Movie
Director
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 • Movie
Director
Strange Victory
1948 • Movie
Director
Tomorrow We Fly
1943 • Movie
Director
Native Land
1942 • Movie
Director of Photography
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 • Movie
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933 • Movie
Director
Bonus March 1932
1932 • Movie
Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
1932 • Movie
Director
The National Hunger March 1931
1932 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Leo Hurwitz.
Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
1964 • Movie
Director
Strange Victory
1948 • Movie
Director
America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers
1951 • Movie
Director
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
1980 • Movie
Director
This Island
1970 • Movie
Director of Photography
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 • Movie
Director
The Museum and the Fury
1956 • Movie
Writer
Dancing James Berry
1955 • Movie
Director
Discovery in a Painting
2016 • Movie
Director
In Search of Hart Crane
1966 • Movie
Director
Native Land
1942 • Movie
Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
1933 • Movie
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Leo Hurwitz.
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Leo Hurwitz.
