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.
2016Discovery in a PaintingMovieProducer · Editor · Director
1989Strand, Under the Dark ClothMovieas Self
1989Message to ManMovieas Self1980Dialogue with a Woman DepartedMovieas Himself · Director · Editor · Writer · Producer · Director of Photography
1980Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes AmerikaMovieas Himself1970This IslandMovieDirector
1970Discovery in a LandscapeMovieas Narrator · Director · Producer
1970Light and the CityMovieProducer · Director1967For Life, Against the WarMovieDirector1966In Search of Hart CraneMovieDirector · Producer · Writer1966The Sun and Richard LippoldMovieWriter · Producer · Director1964An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. KennedyMovieDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor
1961Here at the Water's EdgeMovieDirector1956The Museum and the FuryMovieDirector · Producer · Writer · Editor1955Dancing James BerryMovieWriter · Director
1953The Young FighterMovieProducer · Director1952Emergency WardMovieDirector · Editor1951America Applauds: An Evening for Richard RodgersMovieDirector1948Strange VictoryMovieDirector · Writer1943Tomorrow We FlyMovieDirector1942Native LandMovieDirector · Writer · Editor1937Heart of SpainMovieEditor1936The Plow That Broke the PlainsMovieDirector of Photography1933Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932MovieEditor · Director · Cinematography
1932Bonus March 1932MovieCinematography · Director1932Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford MassacreMovieDirector1932The National Hunger March 1931MovieDirector