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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Leo Hurwitz was an influential American documentary filmmaker and a leading voice in the political cinema movements of the 1930s and 1940s.
He is best known for directing politically committed documentary features such as Native Land and Strange Victory, as well as pioneering early multi-camera television broadcasting.
He was a key member of the Workers' Film and Photo League, NYKino, and Frontier Films before facing professional blacklisting during the McCarthy era. Explore his full filmography on Mood.
