Leo Hurwitz
Directing
June 23, 1909
Died at age 81
January 18, 1991
Date of Death
New York, New York
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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.
