
Directing · 81 years old
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.

Dialogue with a Woman Departed
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Dialogue with a Woman Departed
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Dialogue with a Woman Departed
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This Island
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Tomorrow We Fly
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The National Hunger March 1931
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The Sun and Richard Lippold
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The Sun and Richard Lippold
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The Sun and Richard Lippold
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Native Land
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Native Land
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Strange Victory
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