Gary Leva
Directing
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.
Directed (69)
The Men of Midway
2020
Getting It Right: The Making of Midway
2020
We Met At Midway - Two Survivors Remember
2020
Joe Rochefort - Breaking The Japanese Code
2020
Turning Point: The Legacy of Midway
2020
Making Mothra
2019
Monsters are Real
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0
2019
Reimagining Rodan
2019
Creating Ghidorah
2019
Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo
2019
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
2015
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase
2013
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
Turning Like Clockwork
2011
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On
2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008
Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
2008
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
2008
Alma: The Master's Muse
2008
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
2008
Saul Bass: Title Champ
2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008
Fog City Mavericks
2007
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Hollywood Helps the Cause
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
2006
Welcome to the Big House
2006
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
2006
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'
2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
2004
Plan B
1997
A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen