Boris Leven

Boris Leven

  • Birthday: 1908-08-13
  • Deathday: 1986-10-11
  • Place of birth: Moscow, Russia

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

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

As Production Design

The King of Comedy

1982

As Production Design

Giant

1956

As Production Design

Invaders from Mars

1953

As Art Direction

The Last Waltz

1978

As Production Design

Just Around the Corner

1938

As Art Direction

Matilda

1978

As Production Design

The Andromeda Strain

1971

As Production Design

Battles of Chief Pontiac

1952

As Art Direction

The Sand Pebbles

1966

As Production Design

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948

As Art Direction

Criss Cross

1949

As Art Direction

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

As Art Direction

Tales of Manhattan

1942

As Art Direction

Sudden Fear

1952

As Art Direction

Two for the Seesaw

1962

As Production Design

Wildcats

1986

As Production Design

The Shanghai Gesture

1941

As Art Direction

Everybody's Baby

1939

As Art Direction

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938

As Art Direction

The Sound of Music

1965

As Production Design

The Silver Chalice

1954

As Art Direction

Star!

1968

As Production Design

Mandingo

1975

As Production Design

Strait-Jacket

1964

As Production Design

West Side Story

1961

As Production Design

Zero Hour!

1957

As Production Design

The Color of Money

1986

As Production Design

The Second Woman

1950

As Production Design

New York, New York

1977

As Production Design

The Prowler

1951

As Art Direction

Dakota Lil

1950

As Art Department Manager

Woman on the Run

1950

As Art Direction

Down on the Farm

1938

As Art Direction

Second Chorus

1941

As Art Direction

Destination Murder

1950

As Art Direction

My Gun Is Quick

1957

As Production Design

House by the River

1950

As Art Direction

Home Sweet Homicide

1946

As Art Direction

Doll Face

1945

As Art Direction

Shanks

1974

As Production Design

Reflections of Murder

1974

As Production Design

September Storm

1960

As Art Direction

Shock

1946

As Art Direction

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

As Production Design

The Star

1952

As Set Designer

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

1971

As Production Design

Search for Danger

1949

As Art Direction

Donovan's Brain

1953

As Production Design

Return Engagement

1978

As Production Design

Fletch

1985

As Production Design

The Long Wait

1954

As Art Direction

Double Solitaire

1974

As Art Direction

The Flying Deuces

1939

As Art Direction

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

1942

As Art Direction

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950

As Production Design

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