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Leo Hurwitz

Leo Hurwitz

Director & actor · born 23 June 1909 · New York, New York

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.

Where to start: Discovery in a Painting (2016).

As director 23

As actor 2

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