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Carlo Leva

Born
February 27, 1930
Died
April 4, 2020
Carlo Leva (27 February 1930 – 4 April 2020) was an Italian production designer. After beginning his career as second assistant art director in Genoa on the set of The Walls of Malapaga, Leva studied Architecture in Rome, specializing in production design, costume design and set decoration for movies and advertising. In 1962, Leva was hired as assistant art director on Robert Aldrich's Sodom and Gomorrah, where he met second unit director Sergio Leone, who later hired him as assistant art director on A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and as set decorator on Once Upon a Time in the West.[1] He befriended also director Enzo Muzii, with whom he worked on movies such as Something Like Love, and later worked with many other directors, such as Federico Fellini, Dario Argento (for The Cat o' Nine Tails) and Carol Reed. In 2017, Leva took part in the documentary film Sad Hill Unearthed, narrating the reconstruction of the cemetery scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Known For
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(1966)
Assistant Art Director
For a Few Dollars More
(1965)
Assistant Art Director
The Case of the Bloody Iris
(1972)
Set Decoration
Spirits of the Dead
(1968)
Set Decoration
The Cat o' Nine Tails
(1971)
Production Design
The Big Gundown
(1967)
Set Decoration
The Knock Out Cop
(1973)
Set Designer
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
(1974)
Production Design
The Bloodstained Shadow
(1978)
Art Direction
Amore mio
(1964)
Production Design
Full Filmography
Art
Acting
Costume & Make-Up
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