Leo Hurwitz

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Biography: 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.

Department: Directing

Place of Birth: New York, New York

Adult: No

Birthday: June 23, 1909

Age: 115 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: January 18, 1991

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Known For:

Discovery in a Landscape
Dialogue with a Woman Departed
Message to Man
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
Leo T. Hurwitz: Filme für ein anderes Amerika