
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1972 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1969 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1967 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1966 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Color · 1957 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1939 · nominated
Filmography40 titles

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The King of Comedy

Anatomy of a Murder

The Last Waltz

The Sound of Music

Giant

Sudden Fear

The Sand Pebbles

West Side Story

The Star

The Andromeda Strain

Criss Cross

The Color of Money

The Prowler

House by the River

Woman on the Run

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Fletch

Zero Hour!

Mandingo

Two for the Seesaw

Strait-Jacket

The Flying Deuces

Wildcats

The Jackie Robinson Story

Donovan's Brain

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Shock

Invaders from Mars

Second Chorus

Just Around the Corner

Matilda

Battles of Chief Pontiac

September Storm

Thunder in the Sun

The Second Woman

My Gun Is Quick

Shanks

Doll Face

The Silver Chalice