Leo Hurwitz
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 28
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 23, 1909
- Died
- January 18, 1991
- Place of birth
- New York, New York
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.
Popular
Filmography
Directing
23 titles
1970
