Harry Hurwitz (January 27, 1938 â€" September 21, 1995) was an
American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.Hurwitz
attended The High School of Music & Art and New York University, where
he received a BS in 1960 and an MA in 1962. Before becoming a
director, Hurwitz worked intermittently as a drawing instructor at the
State University of New York at New Paltz, Cooper Union, Parsons
School of Design, and Queens College; he also taught filmmaking
courses at New York University, Purchase College, the New York
Institute of Technology, and the Pratt Institute. His directorial
debut film The Projectionist also included the first acting role for
actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield. 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.
American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer.Hurwitz
attended The High School of Music & Art and New York University, where
he received a BS in 1960 and an MA in 1962. Before becoming a
director, Hurwitz worked intermittently as a drawing instructor at the
State University of New York at New Paltz, Cooper Union, Parsons
School of Design, and Queens College; he also taught filmmaking
courses at New York University, Purchase College, the New York
Institute of Technology, and the Pratt Institute. His directorial
debut film The Projectionist also included the first acting role for
actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield. 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.
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