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Gary Leva
Filmmaker and film historian Gary Leva has distinguished himself as the creative force behind scores of documentaries, broadcast programs and Special Features, many of them focuse…
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Filmmaker and film historian Gary Leva has distinguished himself as the creative force behind scores of documentaries, broadcast programs and Special Features, many of them focused on the cinematic arts. His feature documentary, Fog City Mavericks, which highlights 100 years in the history of San Francisco's vibrant filmmaking community, had its world premiere at the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival prior to its continuing life on cable television and disc. Leva's documentaries have made a lasting contribution to the history of film. His award- winning A Legacy of Filmmakers premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and received a New York Film Society screening at Manhattan's Guggenheim Museum. This documentary illuminates the creation of Francis Ford Coppola's landmark film company American Zoetrope, set against the changing landscape of American cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film is now a part of the curricula at several top universities. Leva's celebrated documentaries on the cinema of George Lucas span the entire range of Lucas' career, from his earliest student films to his first feature, THX 1138, to the Star Wars series and beyond. His collections of documentaries on filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood and Stanley Kubrick are often regarded as the top anthology on each of these master's works. Having earned a distinguished reputation as a leader in his field, Leva continues to work with the top filmmakers of our time, including Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Robert Redford, Oliver Stone and many others. Beyond the world of cinema, Leva has produced documentaries on subjects as varied as the struggle for investigative journalists to stay relevant in the Internet age and the ways in which the achievements of Alexander the Great are reflected in our modern lives. Other projects include the award-winning narrative feature film, Plan B, starring Jon Cryer, the mockumentary R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, broadcast nationally on Fox, and 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year, broadcast nationally on TCM. Leva is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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2024
Directors of the Monsterverse
Movie Editor
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2023
WB 100th Behind the Shield
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV show Director
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2020
The Men of Midway
Movie Director
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2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Movie Producer
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2020
Getting It Right: The Making of Midway
Movie Director
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2020
Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway
Movie Director
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2020
Joe Rochefort - Breaking The Japanese Code
Movie Director
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2020
We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
Movie Director
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2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0
Movie Director
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2019
Reimagining Rodan
Movie Director
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2019
Making Mothra
Movie Director
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2019
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
Movie Director
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2019
Creating Ghidorah
Movie Director
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2019
Monsters are Real
Movie Director
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2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo
Movie Director
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2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
Movie Director
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2018
Reimagining The Met Gala
Movie Director
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2018
The Devil and Father Amorth
Movie Editor
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2016
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
Movie Producer
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2016
Moment by Moment - Averting Disaster on the Hudson
Movie Producer
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2015
Restoring Spartacus
Movie Director
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2015
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
Movie Producer
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2015
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
Movie Director
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2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Movie Producer
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2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Movie Director
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2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Movie Director of Photography
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2012
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
Movie Producer
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2012
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Movie Director
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2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Movie Director
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2011
Clint Eastwood's West
Movie Director
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2011
Turning Like Clockwork
Movie Director
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2009
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Movie Producer
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2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Movie Director
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2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Movie Director
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2009
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On
Movie Director
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2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Movie Director
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2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie Writer
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2008
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Movie Director
