Leo Hurwitz

    Leo Hurwitz

    Directing

    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.

    Born: 6/23/1909
    New York, New York

    Filmography