As Actor
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
1989
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Leo Hurwitz
Acting
Birth Date
June 23, 1909
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Date of Death
January 18, 1991
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.
