Leo Hurwitz
- Directing
- Cast
- Born
- 23 June 1909 (died 18 January 1991)
- Place of birth
- New York, New York
- Known for
- Acting · Native Land, Strange Victory, Strand, Under the Dark Cloth, Dialogue with a Woman Departed
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.
Filmography
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