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