Boris Leven

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-13 (78 years old)

Deathday

1986-10-11

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russia

Boris Leven

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.

Production

1959

Anatomy of a Murder

as Production Design

1982

The King of Comedy

as Production Design

1952

The Star

as Set Designer

1956

Giant

as Production Design

1978

The Last Waltz

as Production Design

1938

Just Around the Corner

as Art Direction

1978

Matilda

as Production Design

1971

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

as Production Design

1953

Donovan's Brain

as Production Design

1952

Battles of Chief Pontiac

as Art Direction

1971

The Andromeda Strain

as Production Design

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Production Design

1948

1949

Criss Cross

as Art Direction

1949

Search for Danger

as Art Direction

1947

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Art Direction

1952

Sudden Fear

as Art Direction

1962

Two for the Seesaw

as Production Design

1974

Double Solitaire

as Art Direction

1941

The Shanghai Gesture

as Art Direction

1939

Everybody's Baby

as Art Direction

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Art Direction

1939

The Flying Deuces

as Art Direction

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Art Direction

1942

1965

The Sound of Music

as Production Design

1986

Wildcats

as Production Design

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Art Direction

1968

Star!

as Production Design

1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

as Production Design

1975

Mandingo

as Production Design

1964

Strait-Jacket

as Production Design

1961

West Side Story

as Production Design

1978

Return Engagement

as Production Design

1985

Fletch

as Production Design

1957

Zero Hour!

as Production Design

1950

Experiment Alcatraz

as Art Direction

1950

The Second Woman

as Production Design

1986

The Color of Money

as Production Design

1977

New York, New York

as Production Design

1951

The Prowler

as Art Direction

1954

The Long Wait

as Art Direction

1950

Dakota Lil

as Art Department Manager

1950

Woman on the Run

as Art Direction

1947

1938

Down on the Farm

as Art Direction

1941

Second Chorus

as Art Direction

1950

Destination Murder

as Art Direction

1957

My Gun Is Quick

as Production Design

1946

Home Sweet Homicide

as Art Direction

1950

House by the River

as Art Direction

1945

Doll Face

as Art Direction

1974

Shanks

as Production Design

1974

Reflections of Murder

as Production Design

1960

September Storm

as Art Direction

1946

Shock

as Art Direction

1973

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

as Production Design

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