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Looking for reviews of films directed by Leon Gast? Cinafilm has a total of 341 reviews across 7 movies directed by Leon Gast.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 70%.
When We Were Kings is Leon Gast's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 261 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Leon Gast is Manny, with a score of 56% based on 27 reviews.
Leon Gast is an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary When We Were Kings depicting the iconic heavyweight boxing match termed The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman won the 1996 Academy Award for Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. Gast co-directed the 1977 documentary The Grateful Dead Movie with guitarist Jerry Garcia. The film captured the band's October 1974 five-night performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Gast also co-directed the 1983 film Hell's Angels Forever.
A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Gast studied dramatic arts at Columbia University, and in that same period worked the television series High Adventure with writer and broadcaster Lowell Thomas. Gast is also known for his still photography which has appeared in such magazines as Vogue, Esquire, and Harper's Bazaar.
Gast's most recent project is a documentary entitled Smash His Camera, a film about paparazzi photographer Ron Galella. The film won "Best Director" of a documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Leon Gast has directed films starring Jerry Garcia, Mark Wahlberg, Liam Neeson and Robert Redford.
Leon Gast has collaborated with these film directors: Jerry Garcia, Richard Chase, Ryan Moore and Kevin Keating.
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