Directing
Leo Hurwitz
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.
Directing (22)
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Director
This Island
This Island1970 · Director
Light and the City
Light and the City1970 · Director
Discovery in a Painting
Discovery in a Painting1970 · Director
Discovery in a Landscape
Discovery in a Landscape1970 · Director
In Search of Hart Crane
In Search of Hart Crane1966 · Director
The Sun and Richard Lippold
The Sun and Richard Lippold1966 · Director
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · Director
Here at the Water's Edge
Here at the Water's Edge1961 · Director
Eichmann Trial
Eichmann Trial1961 · Director
The Museum and the Fury
The Museum and the Fury1956 · Director
Dancing James Berry
Dancing James Berry1954 · Director
The Young Fighter
The Young Fighter1953 · Director
Emergency Ward
Emergency Ward1952 · Director
Strange Victory1948 · Director
Native Land
Native Land1942 · Director
America Today
America Today1934 · Director
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 1932
Hunger: The National Hunger March to Washington, 19321933 · Director
National Hunger March 1931
National Hunger March 19311932 · Director
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre
Detroit Workers News Special 1932: Ford Massacre1932 · Director
Bonus March 1932
Bonus March 19321932 · Director
The National Hunger March 1931
The National Hunger March 19311931 · Director
Crew (13)
The Specialist
The Specialist1999 · Director of Photography
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · producer
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Director of Photography
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Editor
Discovery in a Landscape
Discovery in a Landscape1970 · producer
Light and the City
Light and the City1970 · producer
In Search of Hart Crane
In Search of Hart Crane1966 · producer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · Editor
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · producer
The Museum and the Fury
The Museum and the Fury1956 · producer
Native Land
Native Land1942 · Editor
Native Land
Native Land1942 · producer
Heart of Spain
Heart of Spain1937 · Editor
Acting (3)
Writing (5)
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Dialogue with a Woman Departed1980 · Writer
In Search of Hart Crane
In Search of Hart Crane1966 · Writer
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy
An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy1964 · screenplay
Strange Victory1948 · Writer
Native Land
Native Land1942 · Writer