Directed credits
15
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Leo Hurwitz
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 0All crew credits: 23
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 (14)Director of Photography (1)Producer (4)Writer (3)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.
7.8
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director
1980 Movie
7.0
This Island
Director
1970 Movie
6.0
For Life, Against the War
Director
1967 Movie
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director
1964 Movie
Here at the Water's Edge
Director
1961 Movie
The Museum and the Fury
Director
1956 Movie
Emergency Ward
Director
1952 Movie
6.0
Strange Victory
Director
1948 Movie
7.0
Tomorrow We Fly
Director
1943 Movie
6.2
Native Land
Director
1942 Movie
5.7
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography
1936 Movie
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Director
1933 Movie
Bonus March 1932
Director
1932 Movie
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Director
1932 Movie
6.5
The National Hunger March 1931
Director
1932 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Leo Hurwitz.
6.0
Strange Victory
Director
1948 Movie
5.7
The Plow That Broke the Plains
Director of Photography
1936 Movie
6.2
Native Land
Director
1942 Movie
7.0
This Island
Director
1970 Movie
Emergency Ward
Director
1952 Movie
6.4
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer
1966 Movie
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
Director
1964 Movie
7.8
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Director
1980 Movie
Light and the City
Producer
1970 Movie
In Search of Hart Crane
Writer
1966 Movie
6.0
For Life, Against the War
Director
1967 Movie
Discovery in a Landscape
Producer
1970 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Leo Hurwitz.
Discovery in a Painting
Producer
2016 Movie
Light and the City
Producer
1970 Movie
Discovery in a Landscape
Producer
1970 Movie
In Search of Hart Crane
Writer
1966 Movie
6.4
The Sun and Richard Lippold
Writer
1966 Movie
Dancing James Berry
Writer
1955 Movie
The Young Fighter
Producer
1953 Movie
7.3
Heart of Spain
Editor
1937 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Leo Hurwitz.
