Boris Leven, the Glossary
Boris Leven (in early film credits – Boris Levin; August 13, 1908 – October 11, 1986) was a Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer whose Hollywood career spanned fifty-three years.[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Academy Award for Best Production Design, Academy Awards, Alexander's Ragtime Band (film), Anatomy of a Murder, Architecture, Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame, Bachelor of Arts, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, Donovan's Brain, Fantasy, Fire escape, Fletch (film), Giant (1956 film), Hello, Frisco, Hello, Invaders from Mars (1953 film), Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film), Los Angeles, Mandingo (film), Manhattan, Moscow, Museum of Modern Art, Naturalization, New York City, New York, New York (1977 film), Paramount Pictures, Production designer, Russia, Sound stage, Star! (film), Tenement, The Andromeda Strain (film), The Color of Money, The Flying Deuces, The King of Comedy (film), The Last Waltz, The Sand Pebbles (film), The Silver Chalice (film), The Sound of Music (film), Two for the Seesaw (film), United States, University of Southern California, West Side Story (1961 film), 20th Century Studios.
Academy Award for Best Production Design
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. Boris Leven and Academy Award for Best Production Design are Best Art Direction Academy Award winners.
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)
Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of "serious" music.
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Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
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Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.
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Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame
The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.
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Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (BAID, later the National Institute for Architectural Education) was an art and architectural school at 304 East 44th Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan, in New York City.
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Donovan's Brain
Donovan's Brain is a 1942 science fiction novel by American writer Curt Siodmak.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Fire escape
A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building—occasionally inside, but separate from the main areas of the building.
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Fletch (film)
Fletch is a 1985 American comedy thriller film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman.
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Giant (1956 film)
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film directed by George Stevens, from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello is a 1943 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie.
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Invaders from Mars (1953 film)
Invaders from Mars is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke.
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a 1973 American drama film directed by Hall Bartlett, adapted from the 1970 novella of the same name by Richard Bach.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Mandingo (film)
Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
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Naturalization
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York, New York (1977 film)
New York, New York is a 1977 American romantic musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, based on a story by Rauch.
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.
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Production designer
In film and television, production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Sound stage
A sound stage (also written soundstage) is a large, soundproof structure, building or room with large doors and high ceilings, used for the production of theatrical film-making and television productions, usually located on a secured movie or television studio property.
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Star! (film)
Star! (re-titled Those Were the Happy Times for its 1969 re-release) is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews.
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Tenement
A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access.
The Andromeda Strain (film)
The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science fiction thriller film produced and directed by Robert Wise.
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The Color of Money
The Color of Money is a 1986 American sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese.
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The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces, also known as Flying Aces, is a 1939 buddy comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, in which the duo join the French Foreign Legion.
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The King of Comedy (film)
The King of Comedy is a 1982 American satirical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro (in his fifth collaboration with Scorsese), Jerry Lewis and Sandra Bernhard.
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The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
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The Sand Pebbles (film)
The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American epic war film directed by Robert Wise in Panavision.
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The Silver Chalice (film)
The Silver Chalice is a 1954 American historical epic drama film directed and produced by Victor Saville, based on Thomas B. Costain's 1952 novel of the same name.
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The Sound of Music (film)
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker.
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Two for the Seesaw (film)
Two for the Seesaw is a 1962 American romantic-drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum and Shirley MacLaine.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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West Side Story (1961 film)
West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, Inc. is an American film studio owned by the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, in turn a division of The Walt Disney Company.
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