
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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 0.005 |
Birthday | 1909-06-23 |
Place of Birth | New York, New York |
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1970

Discovery in a Landscape
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Following his use of art, painting and sculpture, in his work of the previous decades, Hurwitz took on a project for the American Foundation of the Ar...
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Discovery in a Landscape

1980

Dialogue with a Woman Departed
7.8/6
A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.
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Dialogue with a Woman Departed

1989

Message to Man
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In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its...
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Message to Man

1989

Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
6.2/4
This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his friends...
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Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

1980

Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika
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Documentary about American filmmaker Leo Hurwitz.
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