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.
Academy Awards
Best Art Direction, Color
Known For
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Production Design
Mandingo
(1975)
Production Design
The King of Comedy
(1982)
Production Design
Giant
(1956)
Production Design
The Andromeda Strain
(1971)
Production Design
Criss Cross
(1949)
Art Direction
West Side Story
(1961)
Production Design
Strait-Jacket
(1964)
Production Design
The Color of Money
(1986)
Production Design
Invaders from Mars
(1953)
Art Direction
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959)
Production Design
Zero Hour!
(1957)
Production Design
Wildcats
(1986)
Production Design
Star!
(1968)
Production Design
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Art Direction
New York, New York
(1977)
Production Design
Full Filmography
Art
Just Around the Corner
(1938)
Art Direction
Alexander's Ragtime Band
(1938)
Art Direction
Down on the Farm
(1938)
Art Direction
Everybody's Baby
(1939)
Art Direction
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Art Direction
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Art Direction
Second Chorus
(1941)
Art Direction
Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Art Direction
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
(1942)
Art Direction
Doll Face
(1945)
Art Direction
Home Sweet Homicide
(1946)
Art Direction
Shock
(1946)
Art Direction
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(1947)
Art Direction
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
(1948)
Art Direction
Criss Cross
(1949)
Art Direction
Search for Danger
(1949)
Art Direction
The Second Woman
(1950)
Production Design
Dakota Lil
(1950)
Art Department Manager
Woman on the Run
(1950)
Art Direction
Destination Murder
(1950)
Art Direction
House by the River
(1950)
Art Direction
The Jackie Robinson Story
(1950)
Production Design
Experiment Alcatraz
(1950)
Art Direction
The Prowler
(1951)
Art Direction
Battles of Chief Pontiac
(1952)
Art Direction
Sudden Fear
(1952)
Art Direction
The Star
(1952)
Set Designer
Invaders from Mars
(1953)
Art Direction
Donovan's Brain
(1953)
Production Design
The Silver Chalice
(1954)
Art Direction
The Long Wait
(1954)
Art Direction
Giant
(1956)
Production Design
Zero Hour!
(1957)
Production Design
My Gun Is Quick
(1957)
Production Design
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959)
Production Design
September Storm
(1960)
Art Direction
West Side Story
(1961)
Production Design
Two for the Seesaw
(1962)
Production Design
Strait-Jacket
(1964)
Production Design
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Production Design
The Sand Pebbles
(1966)
Production Design
Star!
(1968)
Production Design
The Andromeda Strain
(1971)
Production Design
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
(1971)
Production Design
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
(1973)
Production Design
Shanks
(1974)
Production Design
Reflections of Murder
(1974)
Production Design
Double Solitaire
(1974)
Art Direction
Mandingo
(1975)
Production Design
New York, New York
(1977)
Production Design
The Last Waltz
(1978)
Production Design
Matilda
(1978)
Production Design
Return Engagement
(1978)
Production Design
The King of Comedy
(1982)
Production Design
Fletch
(1985)
Production Design
Wildcats
(1986)
Production Design
The Color of Money
(1986)
Production Design