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 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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Películas (86)
Directors of the Monsterverse
2024 · Editor, Producer
The Men of Midway
2020 · Director, Editor
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020 · Producer, Editor
Getting It Right: The Making of Midway
2020 · Director
We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2020 · Director, Producer
Joe Rochefort - Breaking The Japanese Code
2020 · Director
Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway
2020 · Director
Monsters are Real
2019 · Director
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0
2019 · Director
Making Mothra
2019 · Director
Creating Ghidorah
2019 · Director
Reimagining Rodan
2019 · Director
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019 · Director
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight
2019 · Director
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo
2019 · Director
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018 · Director
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018 · Director
The Devil and Father Amorth
2018 · Editor
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
2016 · Producer
Moment by Moment - Averting Disaster on the Hudson
2016 · Producer, Director, Editor
I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas
2015 · Producer
Restoring Spartacus
2015 · Director
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
2015 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013 · Producer, Editor, Director
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013 · Director, Producer
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013 · Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
2012 · Producer
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 · Director, Writer, Producer
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012 · Director, Producer
Clint Eastwood's West
2011 · Director, Producer, Editor
Turning Like Clockwork
2011 · Director, Producer
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009 · Producer
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On
2009 · Director
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009 · Director
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
2009 · Director, Producer
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009 · Director, Producer, Editor
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Writer
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008 · Director, Producer
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008 · Director, Producer
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
2008 · Director
Alma: The Master's Muse
2008 · Director
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008 · Director
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
2008 · Producer, Director
Saul Bass: Title Champ
2008 · Director
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008 · Director, Producer
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Director, Producer
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Director, Producer
Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History
2008 · Director
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Director, Producer
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Director, Producer
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Director, Producer
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Director, Producer
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Director, Producer
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 · Director, Producer
Fog City Mavericks
2007 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007 · Director, Producer
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Director
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007 · Director
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007 · Director, Producer
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007 · Director
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Director, Producer
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Director, Producer
Hollywood Helps the Cause
2006 · Director, Producer
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006 · Director, Producer
Welcome to the Big House
2006 · Director
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006 · Director
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
2006 · Director
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · Director, Executive Producer
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006 · Director
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006 · Director, Writer, Producer
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006 · Writer, Producer, Director
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006 · Director, Writer, Producer
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006 · Director
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Director, Producer
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
The Characters of Star Wars
2004 · Producer, Writer, Editor
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004 · Director, Producer, Editor
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004 · Writer, Producer, Editor
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004 · Director, Producer, Editor
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Writer, Editor
Inside The Living Daylights
2000 · Editor
Inside 'Octopussy'
2000 · Editor
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
2000 · Editor
Plan B
1997 · Director, Writer
A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential
· Director
L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen
· Director
