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Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) [1] was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman .
Leon Gast, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary “When We Were Kings,” about Muhammad Ali’s iconic “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match, has died. He was 85. Gast died on Monday ...
Leon Gast, the Academy Award-winning director behind sport documentary “When We Were Kings,” died on Monday, according to Meira Blaustein, his close friend and the co-founder of Woodstock Film ...
When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
With filmmaker Leon Gast directing, the concert footage was shot on six film cameras and the audio recorded on two 16-track machines. Gast remembered "They were at a point where they were ready to break up. What Jerry and Ron Rakow wanted to do was shoot a full Grateful Dead performance, from beginning to end.
Smash His Camera is a 2010 documentary film directed by filmmaker Leon Gast about the life and career of paparazzi photographer Ron Galella. [1] The film won the "Directing Award Documentary" at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was released on 30 July 2010 through Magnolia Pictures, and was shown on HBO.
Pages in category "Films directed by Leon Gast" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Year Winner Director(s) 1990: Paris Is Burning: Jennie Livingston: 1991: American Dream: Barbara Kopple: 1992: Black Harvest: Robin Anderson and Bob Connolly: 1993: It's All True: Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel and Orson Welles