
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.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight

Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo

Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base

The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase

Fog City Mavericks

An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

Making Mothra

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

Ocean's Team 3.0

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

Alma: The Master's Muse

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

Saul Bass: Title Champ

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Creating Ghidorah

The Craft of Dirty Harry

One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Turning Like Clockwork

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock

Prohibition Opens the Floodgates

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Monsters are Real

Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films