Gary Leva

Overview

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

Directing
2021	Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2020	The Men of Midway	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2020	Getting It Right: The Making of Midway	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2020	We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2020	Joe Rochefort - Breaking The Japanese Code	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2020	Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2019	Monsters are Real	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2019	Creating Ghidorah	Directing	Director	59 Average
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0	Directing	Director	59 Average
2019	Making Mothra	Directing	Director	59 Average
2019	Reimagining Rodan	Directing	Director	59 Average
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2018	Reimagining The Met Gala	Directing	Director	59 Average
2018	Ocean's 8: A Heist In Heels	Directing	Director	60 Fair
2015	One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper	Directing	Director	59 Average
2013	The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Directing	Director	59 Average
2013	The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase	Directing	Director	59 Average
2012	Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic	Directing	Director	59 Average
2012	Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of	Directing	Director	59 Average
2011	Clint Eastwood's West	Directing	Director	59 Average
2011	Turning Like Clockwork	Directing	Director	59 Average
2009	The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style	Directing	Director	59 Average
2009	Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On	Directing	Director	59 Average
2009	North by Northwest: One for the Ages	Directing	Director	59 Average
2009	Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2008	Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2008	Alma: The Master's Muse	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2008	Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2008	Saul Bass: Title Champ	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry	Directing	Director	58 Average
2008	The Evolution of Clint Eastwood	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	The Craft of Dirty Harry	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	The Business End: Violence in Cinema	Directing	Director	59 Average
2008	An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	The Visions of Stanley Kubrick	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001	Directing	Director	59 Average
2007	Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil	Directing	Director	59 Average
2006	The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird	Directing	Director	59 Average
2006	Prohibition Opens the Floodgates	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2006	Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2006	Welcome to the Big House	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2006	Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2006	Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light	Directing	Director	59 Average
2006	Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"	Directing	Director	59 Average
2006	Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2006	Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat	Directing	Director	59 Average
2006	Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
2005	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema	Directing	Director	59 Average
2005	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	Directing	Director	59 Average
2004	A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope	Directing	Director	59 Average
2004	Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'	Directing	Director	59 Average
1997	Plan B	Directing	Director	N/A N/A
	Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base	Directing	Director	59 Average
Writing
2021	Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
2015	One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2012	Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2006	Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
2006	Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2006	Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2005	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	Writing	Writer	59 Average
2004	The Characters of Star Wars	Writing	Writer	59 Average
1997	Plan B	Writing	Writer	N/A N/A
Production
2023	WB 100th Behind the Shield	Production	Executive Producer	N/A N/A
2021	Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2020	Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2020	We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2016	Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle	Production	Producer	59 Average
2015	I Am Spartacus: A Conversation with Kirk Douglas	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2015	One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper	Production	Producer	59 Average
2013	The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Production	Producer	59 Average
2013	The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase	Production	Producer	59 Average
2012	The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2012	Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic	Production	Producer	59 Average
2012	Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of	Production	Producer	59 Average
2011	Clint Eastwood's West	Production	Producer	59 Average
2011	Turning Like Clockwork	Production	Producer	59 Average
2009	Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2009	North by Northwest: One for the Ages	Production	Producer	59 Average
2009	Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2008	Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2008	Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2008	In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry	Production	Producer	58 Average
2008	A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	The Business End: Violence in Cinema	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	The Craft of Dirty Harry	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	The Evolution of Clint Eastwood	Production	Producer	59 Average
2008	An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'	Production	Producer	59 Average
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Production	Producer	59 Average
2007	The Visions of Stanley Kubrick	Production	Producer	59 Average
2007	Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'	Production	Producer	59 Average
2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Production	Producer	59 Average
2006	The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird	Production	Producer	59 Average
2006	Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire	Production	Producer	N/A N/A
2006	Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat	Production	Producer	59 Average
2006	Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"	Production	Producer	59 Average
2005	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema	Production	Producer	59 Average
2005	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	Production	Producer	59 Average
2004	The Characters of Star Wars	Production	Producer	59 Average
2004	A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope	Production	Producer	59 Average
2004	Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'	Production	Producer	59 Average
Editing
2021	Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy	Editing	Editor	N/A N/A
2020	Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission	Editing	Editor	N/A N/A
2020	The Men of Midway	Editing	Editor	N/A N/A
2018	The Devil and Father Amorth	Editing	Editor	57 Average
2015	One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2013	The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2009	Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2007	Fog City Mavericks	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2005	By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2004	The Characters of Star Wars	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2004	A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2004	Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2000	Inside The Living Daylights	Editing	Editor	58 Average
2000	Inside 'Octopussy'	Editing	Editor	59 Average
2000	Ian Fleming: 007's Creator	Editing	Editor	59 Average

About

Gary Leva

Overview

Known for

Directing

Writing

Production

Editing