Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-13

Deathday

1986-10-11 (78 years old)

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.

Known For

7.7%

The Sound of Music

Mar 2, 1965

7.8%

The King of Comedy

Dec 18, 1982

7.2%

West Side Story

Dec 13, 1961

6.9%

The Color of Money

Oct 17, 1986

7.8%

Anatomy of a Murder

Jul 1, 1959

7.0%

The Andromeda Strain

Mar 12, 1971

7.6%

Giant

Nov 8, 1956

6.7%

Fletch

May 31, 1985

6.6%

New York, New York

Jun 21, 1977

7.6%

The Last Waltz

May 1, 1978

7.2%

The Sand Pebbles

Dec 20, 1966

6.9%

Star!

Jul 18, 1968

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Art

1986		The Color of Money as Production Design
1986		Wildcats as Production Design

1985

Fletch as Production Design

1982

The King of Comedy as Production Design

1978		Return Engagement as Production Design
1978		Matilda as Production Design
1978		The Last Waltz as Production Design

1977

New York, New York as Production Design

1975

Mandingo as Production Design

1974		Reflections of Murder as Production Design
1974		Shanks as Production Design
1974		Double Solitaire as Art Direction

1973

Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Production Design

1971		Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Production Design
1971		The Andromeda Strain as Production Design

1968

Star! as Production Design

1966

The Sand Pebbles as Production Design

1965

The Sound of Music as Production Design

1964

Strait-Jacket as Production Design

1962

Two for the Seesaw as Production Design

1961

West Side Story as Production Design

1960

September Storm as Art Direction

1959

Anatomy of a Murder as Production Design

1957		Zero Hour! as Production Design
1957		My Gun Is Quick as Production Design

1956

Giant as Production Design

1954		The Silver Chalice as Art Direction
1954		The Long Wait as Art Direction

1953		Donovan's Brain as Production Design
1953		Invaders from Mars as Art Direction

1952		The Star as Set Designer
1952		Battles of Chief Pontiac as Art Direction
1952		Sudden Fear as Art Direction

1951

The Prowler as Art Direction

1950		Experiment Alcatraz as Art Direction
1950		Woman on the Run as Art Direction
1950		The Second Woman as Production Design
1950		Destination Murder as Art Direction
1950		The Jackie Robinson Story as Production Design
1950		House by the River as Art Direction
1950		Dakota Lil as Art Department Manager

1949		Search for Danger as Art Direction
1949		Criss Cross as Art Direction

1948

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Art Direction

1947		I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now as Art Direction
1947		The Shocking Miss Pilgrim as Art Direction

1946		Home Sweet Homicide as Art Direction
1946		Shock as Art Direction

1945

Doll Face as Art Direction

1942		Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Art Direction
1942		Tales of Manhattan as Art Direction

1941		The Shanghai Gesture as Art Direction
1941		Second Chorus as Art Direction

1939		The Flying Deuces as Art Direction
1939		Everybody's Baby as Art Direction

1938		Just Around the Corner as Art Direction
1938		Down on the Farm as Art Direction
1938		Alexander's Ragtime Band as Art Direction