Leo Hurwitz

Leo Hurwitz

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Birthday

1909-06-23

Deathday

1991-01-18

Place of Birth

New York, New York

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.

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