Known For: Directing
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Status: Deceased at 81 years old (death on 18/01/1991)
Date of Birth: 23/06/1909
Place of Birth: 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.