Harry L. Hurwitz | |
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Born | New York City, United States | January 27, 1938
Died | September 21, 1995 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 57)
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Years active | 1971–1994 |
Spouse | Joy Hurwitz[1] |
Harry Hurwitz (January 27, 1938 – September 21, 1995) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.[2]
Biography
Hurwitz attended The High School of Music & Art and New York University, where he received a B.S. in 1960 and an M.A. in 1962. Before becoming a director, Hurwitz worked intermittently as a drawing, painting and filmmaking instructor at various institutions, including New York University, the State University of New York at New Paltz, Cooper Union, Parsons School of Design, Queens College, Purchase College, the New York Institute of Technology and the Pratt Institute. His directorial debut film The Projectionist included the first acting role for actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield.[3] He often used the pseudonym Harry Tampa.
In the early 1970s, Hurwitz was an artist-in-residence at the University of South Florida in Tampa. It was at that time that he produced the black-and-white serigraphic self-portrait that briefly (and inexplicably, as the film is set in Los Angeles) appears on the walls of the main character May's (Susan Dey) apartment in the 1986 film Echo Park.
Painting
As a painter, Hurwitz has work in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art (now defunct) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1]
Filmography
Title | Year | Director | Writer | Producer | Role | Notes |
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The Projectionist | 1970 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Friendly Usher | directorial debut, also editor |
Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times | 1972 | Yes | Yes | Yes | documentary film | |
Richard | 1972 | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Fairy Tales | 1978 | Yes | No | No | as Harry Tampa | |
Auditions | 1978 | Yes | No | No | The Director (uncredited) | as Harry Tampa |
Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula | 1979 | Yes | Yes | No | as Harry Tampa | |
Safari 3000 | 1980 | Yes | No | No | ||
Under the Rainbow | 1981 | No | Yes | No | ||
The Comeback Trail | 1982 | Yes | Yes | Yes | also editor | |
The Big Score | 1983 | No | No | Executive | ||
The Rosebud Beach Hotel | 1984 | Yes | Uncredited | Yes | ||
Once a Hero | 1987 | Yes | No | No | unknown episodes | |
That's Adequate | 1989 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Fleshtone | 1994 | Yes | Yes | No |
References
- ^ a b "Harry Hurwitz, a Screenwriter, Film Director and Painter, 57". The New York Times. October 11, 1995. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ "Harry Hurwitz". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. September 21, 1995. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra (September 21, 1995). "Harry Hurwitz > Overview". AllMovie. Retrieved September 11, 2010.