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Boris Leven

Boris Leven

Boris Leven

1908-08-13

Moscow, Russia

ART

Biography

Boris Leven was a Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer whose Hollywood career spanned fifty-three years. Born in Moscow in the family of Israel Levin and Zinaida Narkirier, Leven emigrated to the United States in 1927 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938.

Best known for:

The Sound of Music

The King of Comedy

West Side Story

The Color of Money

Anatomy of a Murder

The Andromeda Strain

Giant

Fletch

New York, New York

The Last Waltz

The Sand Pebbles

Wildcats

Invaders from Mars

Criss Cross

The Flying Deuces

Mandingo

Sudden Fear

Strait-Jacket

Woman on the Run

House by the River

The Prowler

The Shanghai Gesture

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Shock

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Filmography:

Just Around the Corner (1938)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Down on the Farm (1938)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Flying Deuces (1939)
5
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Everybody's Baby (1939)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Second Chorus (1941)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
4.9
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
WORK AS:
Art Direction

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Doll Face (1945)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Shock (1946)
4.6
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Home Sweet Homicide (1946)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Criss Cross (1949)
5.8
WORK AS:
Art Direction

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Search for Danger (1949)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Woman on the Run (1950)
5.4
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
House by the River (1950)
5.4
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Destination Murder (1950)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Second Woman (1950)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Dakota Lil (1950)
WORK AS:
Art Department Manager
The Prowler (1951)
5.5
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Sudden Fear (1952)
6
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Star (1952)
WORK AS:
Set Designer
Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Invaders from Mars (1953)
4.5
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Donovan's Brain (1953)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Long Wait (1954)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Silver Chalice (1954)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Giant (1956)
6.4
WORK AS:
Production Design
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Zero Hour! (1957)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
6.8
WORK AS:
Production Design
September Storm (1960)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
West Side Story (1961)
6.2
WORK AS:
Production Design
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
5.1
WORK AS:
Production Design
Strait-Jacket (1964)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Sound of Music (1965)
7
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
5.9
WORK AS:
Production Design
Star! (1968)
5.6
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
5.8
WORK AS:
Production Design
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
4.7
WORK AS:
Production Design
Shanks (1974)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Reflections of Murder (1974)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Double Solitaire (1974)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Mandingo (1975)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
New York, New York (1977)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Last Waltz (1978)
6.5
WORK AS:
Production Design
Matilda (1978)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Return Engagement (1978)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The King of Comedy (1982)
6.8
WORK AS:
Production Design
Fletch (1985)
5.4
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Color of Money (1986)
5.7
WORK AS:
Production Design
Wildcats (1986)
4.9
WORK AS:
Production Design