Gary Leva
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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.
Titles
The Devil and Father Amorth
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
The Characters of Star Wars
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Inside 'Octopussy'
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Making Mothra
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Ocean's Team 3.0
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Turning Like Clockwork
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On
Fog City Mavericks
Reimagining The Met Gala
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Reimagining Rodan
Creating Ghidorah
The Craft of Dirty Harry
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
Plan B
Inside The Living Daylights
Alma: The Master's Muse
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
The Birds: Hitchcock's Monster Movie
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat