Leo T. Hurwitz (1909 - 1991)

Born 23 Jun 1909 in Brooklyn, King's County, New York

Died 18 Jan 1991 at age 81 in Manhattan, New York County, New York

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Biography

Leo Hurwitz is Notable.

Leo T. Hurwitz was an important documentary film maker.

He was born 23 Jun 1909^[1], in Brooklyn, King's County, New York, to Solomon Hurwitz and Eva Katcher Hurwitz.^[2]

For details of his life and work, see the New York Times obituary. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/19/obituaries/leo-hurwitz-81-blacklisted-maker-of-documentaries.html^[3]

For an account of his life and work by a Hurwitz family descendant, see https://charactersonthecouch.com/film/leo-hurwitz-radical-documentary-filmmaker/^[4]

For a vast trove of excellent material regarding his life and work, including many photographs, see https://leohurwitz.com ^[5]

For a brief video of Leo Hurwitz discussing his film "The Museum and the Fury", see [1]

Leo T. Hurwitz died 4 January 1991. He resided on West End Avenue in Manhattan, New York County, New York (postal code 10024).^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Number: 120-18-4406; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WZB-8C8 : 11 February 2018), Leon Hurwitz, 23 Jun 1909; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 19837 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,022,667.
3. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/19/obituaries/leo-hurwitz-81-blacklisted-maker-of-documentaries.html
4. ↑ https://charactersonthecouch.com/film/leo-hurwitz-radical-documentary-filmmaker/
5. ↑ https://leohurwitz.com/
6. ↑ Number: 120-18-4406; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.

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