Soviet filmmakers of the time, Hurwitz recognized the importance of editing and the complex beauty of the juxtaposition of shots (in filmic montage) to convey an otherwise undecipherable message. Hurwitz joined with a few other members of the League to create Nykino, an organization that strove to use artistic measures to appeal to audiences while still conveying a meaningful message. The formation of Nykino was not well received by the League, many of whose members saw the group as elitist, and veering away from the mission of the Workers Film and Photo League. The formation of Nykino also came while the League itself was in decline. As Nykino continued growing and attracting new filmmakers, the League faded to obscurity. Nykino, in producing films that emphasized aesthetic beauty in the interest of affecting audiences, allowed Hurwitz to create a new method of storytelling unlike that of conventional American films of the time. Frontier Films In 1936, Nykino transformed into Hurwitz's co-founded company, Frontier Films, the first nonprofit documentary production company in the United States. Whilst at Frontier Films, Hurwitz made Heart of Spain, a film on the Spanish Civil War and Native Land about American labor struggles of the 1930s. In World War II, Hurwitz worked on films for the Office of War Information, the British Information Service and other Government agencies. After the war, in the early days of commercial television, he was a producer-director and chief of news and special events for CBS television. In 1947, he produced Strange Victory, a documentary that dealt with racism in the United States after the war. The film won awards at the Karlovy Vary and Venice Film Festivals. Blacklisted In the 1950s and 1960s, while blacklisted for his strong left-wing political beliefs, Hurwitz continued to work as an independent film maker and, without credit, co-produced, directed and edited several segments for the Omnibus series on CBS. In the mid-1960s, he and six other directors brought a lawsuit against the Directors Guild of America that resulted in a United States Supreme Court decision forcing the guild to remove a loyalty oath from its membership application. Eichmann trial and 1960s work In 1961, Hurwitz directed the television coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, whose summary program, Verdict for Tomorrow, won Emmy and Peabody Awards. In the 2015 BBC television film The Eichmann Show, a dramatization of the trial and making of Verdict