Tom Hurwitz, ASC, 1947 – , Leo’s son, he worked in various capacities on Do You know a Man Named Goya, 1966; Light and the City, 1969; Discovery in a Landscape, 1970; Dialogue with a Woman Departed, 1980. Although he took a five-year break in the late 60’s to be a full-time anti-war and community … Continued
Manfred Kirchheimer, 1931- , is a celebrated New York filmmaker. He was, in sequence, Leo Hurwitz’s student, cameraman and collaborator starting in the mid-1950’s. He was cinematographer on Essay on Death, 1964; Haiku (also co-filmmaker), 1965; The Sun and Richard Lippold, 1966; In Search of Hart Crane, 1966; Journey into a Painting, 1970; This Island, … Continued
Fons Iannelli, 1919-1988, Cameraman of The Young Fighter,1953 made for The Omnibus Program, CBS Television; also produced and was cameraman on Emergency Ward, 1952. Iannelli had a still-photography career in which he had been published in Life and The Saturday Evening Post (among others), and served in the Edward Steichen photography unit in the US … Continued
Ralph Steiner 1899-1986 – Photographer and filmmaker – Hurwitz was introduced to Steiner by Leo’s brother in law, Cook Glassgold, while working for him at ‘Creative Arts’ magazine around 1931. Both were interested in film. Steiner, older than Leo by a decade, had previously made several “art” documentaries, including H2O, 1929. In the following years, … Continued