Jun 23, 1909 - New York, New York
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.
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| Movie | 1970 | Discovery in a Landscape | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Himself | |
| Movie | 1989 | Message to Man | Himself | |
| Movie | 1989 | Strand, Under the Dark Cloth | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika | Himself |
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| Movie | 1942 | Native Land | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | Strange Victory | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | National Hunger March 1931 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Bonus March 1932 | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1932 | The National Hunger March 1931 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Bonus March 1932 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | Dancing James Berry | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Discovery in a Landscape | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Light and the City | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Discovery in a Painting | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2016 | Discovery in a Painting | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2016 | Discovery in a Painting | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | Discovery in a Landscape | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1953 | The Young Fighter | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1970 | Light and the City | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Sun and Richard Lippold | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1937 | Heart of Spain | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1970 | This Island | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1967 | For Life, Against the War | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1961 | Here at the Water's Edge | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | Strange Victory | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | Dancing James Berry | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | The Young Fighter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1952 | Emergency Ward | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1952 | Emergency Ward | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1956 | The Museum and the Fury | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | The Museum and the Fury | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1964 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Dialogue with a Woman Departed | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1936 | The Plow That Broke the Plains | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1942 | Native Land | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1933 | Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1942 | Native Land | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1933 | Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932 | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1934 | America Today | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1966 | In Search of Hart Crane | Writer | Writing |
