Directing
Gary Leva
EN, DE cinema · 86 credits
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.
Known for
Filmography
Directors of the Monsterverse
Editor, Producer
We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2020
We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
Director, Producer
The Men of Midway
2020
The Men of Midway
Director, Editor
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Producer, Editor
Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway
2020
Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway
Director
Getting It Right: The Making of Midway
2020
Getting It Right: The Making of Midway
Director
Creating Ghidorah
Director
Making Mothra
Director
Ocean's Team 3.0
Director
Moment by Moment - Averting Disaster on the Hudson
2016
Moment by Moment - Averting Disaster on the Hudson
Producer, Director, Editor
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Producer, Editor, Director
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Director, Producer
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Writer, Director, Producer
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Director, Producer
Turning Like Clockwork
Director, Producer
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
Clint Eastwood's West
Director, Producer, Editor
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Director, Producer
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Editor, Director, Producer
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Director, Producer
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
Director, Producer
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Director, Producer
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Director, Producer
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Producer, Director
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Producer, Director
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Director, Producer
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Director, Producer
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Director, Producer
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Director, Producer
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Director, Producer
Fog City Mavericks
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Director, Producer
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Director, Producer
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Producer, Director
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Director, Producer
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Writer, Producer, Director
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Writer, Producer, Director
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Director, Producer
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Writer, Director, Producer
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Director, Executive Producer
Hollywood Helps the Cause
2006
Hollywood Helps the Cause
Director, Producer
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Producer, Director
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Director, Producer, Editor
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Editor, Producer, Director
The Characters of Star Wars
Producer, Editor, Writer
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Writer, Producer, Editor
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Writer, Editor
Plan B
1997
Plan B
Director, Writer