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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.
Most Popular Gary Leva Trailers
Total trailers found: 82
13 September 2005
Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".
27 August 2019
A look at the newest version of one of cinema's greatest monsters.
23 July 2008
Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.
18 July 2006
A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
27 August 2019
A look at the newest version of one of Godzilla's greatest rivals.
03 June 2008
An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
18 September 2006
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
23 July 2008
An in-depth look at Dirty Harry (1971), featuring interviews with such film artists as Michael Madsen, 'Hal Holbrook', John Milius, 'Shane Black' and John Badham.
01 October 2013
Actor Martin Sheen narrates this newly produced, feature-length high definition documentary, touching on the film's timelessness and legacy before diving into the story of its development, production and release.
14 September 2004
A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.
02 July 2009
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
27 March 2012
The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic.
22 September 2009
A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
23 September 2008
Curtis Hanson and his behind-the-scenes collaborators reveal the secrets of bringing 1950s Los Angeles to life in unforgettable style.
14 August 2004
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
23 October 2007
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature.
11 September 2018
Director Ross, various cast and crew and members of the Met staff discuss how the film took over the famous museum for its version of the gala.
08 February 2005
A short documentary about the making of Spike Lee's biopic, "Malcolm X."
18 July 2006
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
20 December 2016
Documentary about the life of Captain Chesley Sullenberger
01 January 2000
John Cork and his compatriots from the Ian Fleming Foundation, who have created outstanding documentaries for most of MGM's 007 DVDs, provide a fine overview of the life and times of James Bond's creator.
07 February 2006
Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable.
03 September 2013
Join Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, director Andrew Davis and their collaborators in this stirring look at the creation of one of Hollywood's seminal thrillers.
07 October 2008
Films beget films. Filmmakers influence other filmmakers constantly. But the most influential filmmaker of all time is Alfred Hitchcock.
07 October 2008
Alfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" — using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium.
24 October 2007
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz.
01 August 2019
The blast doors slowly open, revealing for the first time - Godzilla, his bioluminescent dorsal spikes outlining his shape in the murky waters of the Atlantic.
18 February 2020
Meet the dazzling line-up of male stars who bring Midway to life. Nick Jonas, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhac
23 October 2007
In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years.
27 August 2019
A look at one of the greatest monsters in the Godzilla universe.
03 June 2008
Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.
25 November 2001
Mockumentary telling the never before told life story of the fictional robot R2-D2 from the Star Wars film series.
03 October 2006
An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."
13 August 2008
This documentary tells the rich, 47-year history of DC Comics' favorite team of characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Green Lantern and The Flash.
28 February 2006
A short documentary on the making of "All the President's Men."
03 June 2008
A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.
23 September 2008
Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic.
18 February 2020
Discover the man behind the movie, director Roland Emmerich, whose unflagging energy and relentless pursuit of perfection inspired the entire creative team behind Midway.
28 February 2006
It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to the man struggling to crack the case.
15 February 2020
Few Americans realize that the Battle of Midway - just six months after Pearl Harbor - doomed the Japanese to defeat.
15 February 2020
Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, America's triumph at Midway seems like a miracle until you look at the key event that paved the way to victory: Breaking the secret Japanese military code.
03 October 1997
A group of friends in their 20s and 30s wrestle with the fact that their lives haven't turned out like they planned.
15 February 2020
Interviews with two veteran survivors of the pivotal battle of WWII
06 July 2011
An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Costner, Frank Darabont, John Lee Hancock and many more.
27 August 2019
A look at the newest version of one of Godzilla's greatest rivals.
11 September 2018
Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film where group chemistry is even more important than the individual performances.
27 August 2019
Why does the fear of monsters resonate in every culture and civilization around the globe? Take a deep dive into the chilling world of our primal fears, a world where the myths and legends of history are not merely fairy tales, but proof of reality.
18 September 2006
Short documentary on the prison film in the 1930s.
18 February 2020
From shooting at Pearl Harbor on the very ground where American servicemen died on December 7, 1941 to recreating the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier on a massive sound stage, the filmmakers behind Midway had an unending commitment to tell the truth.
20 April 2018
William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time.
01 January 2012
Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.
19 May 2015
Join director Clint Eastwood and his creative team, along with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to make a film that brings the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the screen.
07 October 2008
Few people outside the director's inner circle knew that Alfred Hitchcock's chief collaborator throughout his career was his wife and muse, Alma Reville Hitchcock.
03 November 2009
A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence.
06 May 2008
Follow the difficult birth and full realization of this beautifully told romance through its many twists and turns.
27 August 2019
In Monarch's Antarctic Base, a frozen fortress buffeted by screaming winds and surrounded by impenetrable ice, King Ghidorah shakes off his icy slumber and escapes in one of the film's most thrilling sequences.
28 February 2006
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the truth in uncovering the story of Watergate.
07 October 2008
The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning sound designers invite you to join them at their mix boards to investigate how Alfred Hitchcock employed sound design to tell his cinematic stories, whether making audience members leap from their seats in fright or crawl under them from excruciating suspense.
